SOCI 3460 - Correctional Systems

Credit hours: 3

Description: This course focuses on prisons and jails. It examines the goals and history of punishment, the death penalty, the composition and social organization of jail and prison populations; bail, detention, sentencing and classification; institutional management and the conflicts between rehabilitation and punishment. This course is equivalent to CJUS 3400. One of the courses will count towards the degree program and the other will be excluded.

Prerequisite(s): SOCI 2100 or equivalent.

Course typically offered: Fall, Spring