2019-2020 Academic Catalog 
    
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2019-2020 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CRJU 132 - Client Development and Understanding

4 CR
An analysis of the correctional client. Specific attention will be directed to the comparison of normal and criminal behaviors; etiologies of delinquent and criminal offenders; identification of mentally disordered, substance and sexual abusers, and predatory and property offenders. Correctional institutional and community-based intervention strategies, referral agencies, and treatment programs will be identified and evaluated. Special attention will be made to the 8th Amendment and the legal ramifications of use of force. Defining the court processes, the functions of the various appellate processes as well as pre-trial release and diversion.