CJST 4444 - Correctional Interventions Seminar

Prerequisites: CJST 2204. The class covers issues germane to intervention with criminal offenders. The class focuses attention on the philosophical and pragmatic debates in correctional treatment. General strategies for treating criminal offenders as well as needs and risk assessment are explored. Finally, the various treatment modalities currently used to treat offenders, as well as treatment programs for special populations (sex offenders, substance abusers), are examined. 3 credits.