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Status: Active
SUNY ID: 106448
Full Title: Intro Corrections
Level: Lower Division (UG)
CIP: 4301 Criminal Justice and Corrections

CJ 151
Intro Corrections

3 credits

This course examines the history of corrections throughout the world. The role of penitentiaries, prisons, jails and grass roots organizations is explored, along with the concepts of punishment, rehabilitation, retribution, restitution and transformation of adult and juvenile offenders.