The management of correctional systems, public and private. The course includes organizational theory supervision, planning, management styles, public relations, security issues, information systems, and liability of correctional agencies.
Prerequisite Courses
Prerequisites
(LIBR 150 may be taken concurrently).
Course Outcomes
After successfully completing the course, the learner will be able to:
- The nature, organization and purposes of the correctional system.
- The history and laws of the correctional system.
- Practices, management and programs within each of the components of the correctional system including, prison, jails, probation, intermediate sanctions, parole and release.
- The issues, trends, perspectives and dilemmas in the correctional system and their impact on the community and the larger society.
- The correctional practices including probation, incarceration, intermediate sanctions and community corrections. (interprets & communicates information)