Course Listing

CR 501 Rationales for Corrections: Punishment Justifications and Implementations 3
This course focuses on the jurisprudential and historical justifications for punishments as a core criminal justice concept that is essential to the practice of corrections. A close examination of the choices and difficulties in the implementation of a punishment regime is an additional core theme.

CR 502 Organizational Leadership 3
This course leads the student in an exploration of selected models for effective, principled management and leadership in organizations; includes the theory and application of strategic management including the articulation of mission and objectives, and strategy development, implementation, and evaluation.

CR 503 Correctional Policy and Planning 3
This course introduces the student to scientific techniques for policy development and the analysis of criminal justice problems. Reviewed will be the benefits of planned change using a variety of case studies to illustrate suitable planning techniques, as well as the pitfalls that can be avoided by implementing such techniques. The focus of the course will be on the unique issues facing corrections as an integrated part of the criminal justice system.

CR 504 Law and Administration in Correctional Settings: Authority, Restraints, and Procedures 3
This course provides an initial overview of contemporary correctional law and administration. It focuses on the constitutional, statutory, and regulatory sources of authority that allow correctional officials to carry out their operational responsibilities as well as the rights of prisoners.

CR 506 Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure 3
This course provides either an essential review or in some cases an initial exposure to criminal law at a conceptual descriptive and applied level. It provides a detailed examination of the decisions of the U.S. (and when appropriate the Pennsylvania Supreme Court) concerning the 4th, 5th, and 8th Amendments.

CR 507 Corrections in its Comparative and International Settings 3
This course provides an intermediate to advanced level grounding in the correctional and criminal justice systems of other nations; common law; civil law; Islamic; and hybrids. It also introduces the student to international criminal law and procedures as well as the newly instituted international Criminal Court.

CR 508 Juvenile Law 3
This course provides a thorough review of the major areas of juvenile justice from a juvenile court and corrections centered perspective. It develops existing knowledge from courses/backgrounds in juvenile justice, corrections, criminal law, and criminal procedure while further developing it from case-law perspectives centered on the juvenile court. In addition, the course will examine the operation of the Pennsylvania juvenile court and corrections systems.

CR 509 Seminar in Correctional History 3
The study of the nature and status of secure custody and prisons in their historical contexts. These include: the pre-history of modem corrections from the Bible and the ancient Greeks to the establishment of the first American prisons, the English correctional heritage, 19th Century American prisons, and 20th Century approaches to correctional reform.

CR 510 Community Corrections and Restorative Justice 3
The focus of community corrections and restorative justice is to provide reintegration opportunities and equal attention to the offender, the victim, and the community in the criminal and juvenile justice system. The student will develop an understanding of accountability, competency development, community protection and offender reintegration.

CR 511 Seminar in Contemporary Correctional Issues 3
This course will explore current issues confronting contemporary American corrections. Topics may include: the growth of secure-custody institutions, the decline of traditional parole, corrections privatization, the expanding role of the American jail, the incarceration of juveniles as adults, the incarceration of women, and other critical issues.