CRJ 239 - Special-Need Offenders

1. Evaluate the impact of special needs offenders on correctional policies.
   1. List various special need offender groups.
   2. Describe the impact on the daily correctional routine.
2. Compare and contrast the treatment of juveniles in the community and in the detention centers.
   1. Describe history of treatment of juveniles in the criminal justice system.
   2. Summarize the impact of Supreme Court rulings on the treatment of juveniles in the criminal justice system.
   3. Analyze how risk factors are used in the juvenile system.
   4. Investigate issues involved in placing juveniles in the adult prisons.
3. Evaluate correctional policies of males and females.
   1. Describe history of females in criminal justice system.
   2. List the popular crimes committed by females.
   3. List the drugs used most by female offenders.
   4. Compare and contrast the differences of males and females in the correctional setting.
   5. Analyze issues of pregnancy and motherhood behind bars.
4. Describe the history of medical care in U.S. prisons.
   1. Describe the screening process for medical and mental illness.
   2. List the legal requirements of medical care in the correctional system.
5. Assess the impact the mentally ill offenders have on the daily operations of the correctional facility.
   1. Describe the history of mental illness care in corrections.
   2. Analyze the issues between the psychologist/mental health staff and the correctional staff.
6. Critique the issues involving older /geriatric offenders in the correctional setting.
   1. Describe the issues of housing the older/geriatric offenders.
   2. Compare and contrast programs for healthy aging and end of life programming.
   3. Evaluate the impact of older/geriatric offenders on correctional policy.
7. Analyze the issues involving sexuality and sexual coercion behind bars.
   1. Contrast male sexual hierarchy versus female sexual hierarchy.
   2. Discuss the issues of male-on-male sexual assault and female-on-female sexual assault in prison.
8. Evaluate the impact of protective custody on correctional policy.
   1. List the common categories of inmates placed in protective custody.
   2. Describe the legal considerations of protective custody.
9. Examine the issues involving sex offenders in the correctional setting.
   1. Compare adult sex offenders to juvenile sex offenders.
   2. Describe the impact of sex offenders upon correctional policy.
10. Discuss the issues involving incarcerated veterans.
    1. List the services and programs targeting veteran offenders.
    2. Describe how PTSD has impacted correctional programs.
11. Analyze the issues involving immigrants in the correctional setting.
    1. List the needs of immigrants in the correctional setting.
    2. Describe how immigrants have impacted correctional policy.