CRJS230 Issues in Corrections

This course presents an incisive discussion of diverse issues in corrections today. Examining contemporary challenges facing corrections, such as fiscal limitations, AIDS in prisons, and prison gangs, this course also explores such prevailing topics as ethical issues, women in prison, professionalism among correctional officers, shock incarceration, probation, the use of technology and community rehabilitative options.

Corrections: Dilemmas and Directions, Peter J. Benekos & Alida V. Merlo

ISBN 0-87084-235-8