CJ 220 - Community Corrections

An examination of correctional programs that specifically utilize such assets of the community as family support, employment and training opportunities, social services, and opportunities for victim compensation. Special attention will be directed to the merger of punitive, rehabilitative and reintegrative elements within the community corrections model. Among the community corrections programs to be examined will be halfway houses, community service, house arrest, work release, and victim/offender reconciliation.

Four credits.

Prerequisite(s): CJ 101 and CJ 205 .