This course will introduce the student to the correctional systems used in the United States, the ideological and historical roots of corrections as well as sanctions used within the community (probation, parole, intermediate sanctions) and those within institutions (jails, prisons, women's facilities, juvenile facilities, death penalty). Discussions on the different incarceration categories such as minimum, medium, maximum and "super max" facilities, constitutional rights of offenders and the role of the correctional worker, is included. (3 semester hours) Spring