AJ 116 - Introduction to Corrections
- Recent Professors
- Virginia Montelongo
- Recent Semesters
- Fall 2026
- Class Size
- 45 students
- Difficulty
- 7.0Demandingout of 10
- Credits
- 3
- Fall 2026 Sections
- View Fall 2026 sections of AJ 116
- Transfers To
- UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area D
- Description
- Students examine the history, theory, and practice of the correctional system in America including adult and juvenile correctional institutions, punishment, and community-based corrections. Emphasis is placed on the correctional process, human rights, constitutional protections, effects of institutionalization, cost, and overcrowding. Ethnicity, gender, and aging populations are also explored. (C-ID AJ 200)