CRIM 2220 - Correctional Client

4.5 Credits

This class offers a unique opportunity to examine the different populations behind bars (e.g. chronically and mentally ill, homosexual, illegal immigrants, veterans, radicalized inmates, etc.), as well as their needs and the corresponding impediments for rehabilitation and reintegration. Also discussed is the legal and ethical issues surrounding the incarceration and treatment of offenders with special needs and how correctional officers have responded to the changing prison population.

Prerequisites: (1) CRIM 1010

Lecture Hours: 4.5
Lab Hours: 0.0
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives

Describe the variety of special needs offender populations in corrections.
Explain the rehabilitation challenges the special needs offender population pose to correctional institutions.
Explain the re-entry challenges the special needs population encounter when they are released.
Describe the policies and practices applied to special needs populations in corrections.
Evaluate these policies and practices based on ethics and effectiveness.

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