ADJUS 280 - Community-Based Corrections

    Recent Professors
    Pamela Harrison
    Recent Semesters
    2027SP
    Class Size
    Not published
    Difficulty
    6.3Demandingout of 10
    Credits
    3
    2027SP Sections
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    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    This course presents an introduction to the philosophy and history of community-based corrections including legal mandates, relations to courts, basic procedures, and common treatment approaches. Topics include legal codes affecting probation and parole, evaluation of the prison system and inmate community, parole supervision, and the examination of the outcomes of the contemporary prison and parole system. There will be a specific emphasis on California's probation, institutions and parole system.
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 9:35am–11:00am