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HSCO 332 Rehabilitation in Corrections

This class reviews major issues related to the rehabilitation of public offenders and introduces the evidence in support of the major correlates of a criminal history and the major risk/need factors predictive of criminal futures. Topics include understanding, exploring antisocial cognition and antisocial associates; consideration of the social contexts of school/work, family/marital, and leisure/recreation; substance abuse and criminal behavior; use of community resources. The class includes field visits.

Prerequisites

4 Undergraduate credits

Effective May 5, 2016 to present

Learning outcomes

General

  • Define criminal behavior.
  • Identify and explain Evidence-based Practices in community corrections and the Principles of Effective Intervention to reduce recidivism.
  • Identify and explain desistance from crime.
  • Identify and explain the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI).
  • Identify and explain the major criminological theories as they relate to the explanation of juvenile and adult crime.
  • Identify and explain the personality components characteristics of criminal behavior.
  • Identify the major schools of criminological theory.
  • Know and understand important terminology, facts, concepts, principles and theories used in the criminal justice system.