SYLLABUS
CRIMINAL JUSTICE 300
Corrections-3 credit hours
10:00-11:00 AM
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Room 26 MacMurray Hall
Spring 2005

INSTRUCTOR:
    Prof. Henriksen
    Home Phone: toll free 1-866-783-8868
    Office Phone: ext. 104
    E-mail: kay.henriksen@mac.edu
    Office Hours:

Monday, 01-02
Wednesday, 11-12
or by appointment

     Office: Room 27A MacMurray Hall
     Mailbox: 1042


REQUIRED READING:
   -Harry E. Allen and Clifford E. Simonsen
   Corrections in America, 10th ed.
   Prentice Hall, 2004

   -Daniel Bergner
   God of the Rodeo
   Ballantine, 1998


COURSE OBJECTIVE:
An overview of corrections including rationales for punishment, the history of corrections, alternate means of correction, and contemporary issues in corrections.

GRADING POLICY:

quizzes - 20%
The quizzes will be closed book, at the beginning of class on the assigned reading. I will drop your lowest quiz score. No make up quizzes will be given.
class participation - 20%
Your class participation grade depends on your ability to discuss the day's reading in class and your active participation in our tours of correctional facilities.  Obviously, you must attend class and go on the tours to earn this credit.
midterm - 15%
paper - 15%

No late papers will be accepted.  To be on time the paper must be handed in as a hard copy, no later than, the beginning of class on April 15, 2005.

final - 30%

These are the highest cut-off points that I will use in assigning letter grades:

A 90-100
B 80-89
C 70-79
D 60-69
F 0-59

You are responsible for all the material in the reading assignments, even if we don't go over it in class. Additional material will be presented only in class, so IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO ATTEND CLASS AND TAKE NOTES in order to do well in this course. If you must miss class be sure and borrow a classmate's notes.

Please review the attached copy of MacMurray's policy on Academic Dishonesty.

IMPORTANT DATES:

03/02/05 - Midterm Exam

03/23/05 – no class, picking fall classes

04/15/05 – Paper due

04/30/05 (Saturday) – Final Exam, 10:30am



PAPER

Your paper is to be based on the book, God of the Rodeo, by Daniel Bergner. In your paper make sure and demonstrate that you have read the entire book. The paper must be, at least, 750 words long. You must have, at least, three sub-points. Cite to, at least, 9 different pages in the book that support your arguments.  Cite to, at least three pages for each sub-point.  Do not quote from the book.  Use the Kerrigan Method of Writing.  Here is your X statement:

X. Fundamental changes must be made at Louisiana's Angola prison.

This paper is due at the beginning of class April 15, 2005. I strongly urge you to get started on the paper early so I can look at a first draft and make suggestions. Please type and proofread anything you ask me to look at.

READING SCHEDULE

Class #Assignment
Class #01no reading
Class #02Allen and Simonsen chapters 1
The Early History of Corrections
Class #03Allen and Simonsen chapter 2
Prisons and Ideologies
Class #04Allen and Simonsen chapter 3
From Crime to Conviction
Class #05Allen and Simonsen chapters 4
The Court Process: Sentencing and Appeals
Class #06Allen and Simonsen chapter 5
Jails and Detention Facilities
Class #07Allen and Simonsen chapter 6
Probation
Class #08Allen and Simonsen chapter 7
Intermediate Sanctions
Class #09Allen and Simonsen chapter 8
Imprisonment
Class #10Allen and Simonsen chapter 9
State and Local Prison Systems
Class #11Allen and Simonsen chapter 10
The Federal System
Class #12Allen and Simonsen chapter 11
Private Sector Systems
Class #13Allen and Simonsen chapter 12
Custody Functions and Tasks
Class #14Allen and Simonsen chapter 13
Management and Treatment
Class #15Allen and Simonsen chapter 14
Female Offenders
Class #16Allen and Simonsen chapter 15
Male Offenders
Class #17Allen and Simonsen chapter 16
Juvenile Offenders
Class #18Allen and Simonsen chapter 17
Special Category Offenders
Class #19Allen and Simonsen chapter 18
Inmate and Ex-offender Rights
Class #20Allen and Simonsen chapter 19
The Death Penalty
Class #21Allen and Simonsen chapter 20
Parole
Class #22Allen and Simonsen chapter 21
Community Corrections
Class #23Allen and Simonsen chapter 22
The Future of Corrections

“In order that punishment should never be an act of violence committed by one or many against a private citizen, it is essential that it be public, speedy, and necessary, as little as the circumstances will allow, proportionate to the crime, and established by law.”

Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794)