JUST 340 - Prisoner Reentry: Policy & Procedure

This course focuses on issues surrounding the methods correctional agencies use to prepare inmates for reentry into society. Major emphasis will be placed on understanding the difference between incarceration and rehabilitative corrections, economic factors that affect prison programming and the prisoner’s experience, issues created by prison overcrowding, and the initiatives implemented by Federal and State governments to better prepare prisoners to lead prosocial lives post-release. Students will use current research to critically evaluate and analyze the relationships between the correctional agency, community, and individual prisoners.

Prerequisite: Junior or senior status.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: (offered spring only)