CJ 130 — Intro to Corrections
This course provides an overview of the American corrections system including its history, processes, purposes and goals. Course study will introduce the student to institutional and penal systems that include detention facilities, jails, prisons, and work release facilities. This course provides both a practical and theoretical perspective of the need and purpose for offender confinement and post-conviction jurisdiction within a free society. Supervision and management of confined and released offenders, juvenile and adult will be reviewed. Available online