Course Syllabus

Wiley College Course Syllabus

Fall Semester 2022

 

DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Course Name:  CRIJ 2332, Intro to Corrections

Times:              TH 9:30-10:45 am (Section 01)

Location:           Pemberton Complex (WC) Room 120

 

Welcome to Intro to Corrections! I am looking forward to a great semester with everyone!  The syllabus is organized by headings, and the material in it lays out what you can expect in terms of course material, objectives and assessments that will evaluate how well you are accomplishing the course objectives. It also touches on policies and provides you with resources. Please take the time to read it and look at it throughout the semester if you have questions about something.

“This Syllabus can be altered at any time during the semester.  You will be notified of all changes promptly.”

 

Dr. White

GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION

 

Instructor:          Dr. Keyona White

Email:                   knwhite@wileyc.edu

Phone:                 (903) 927-3350

Office Hours:    MWF: 9-9:50am; 1-3pm

                        TH:       8-9:20am; 1-2pm      

*Available Upon Request

 

PREREQUISITE COURSES:  None.

 

TEXTBOOK :  American Corrections, Twelfth Edition  Todd R. Clear | Michael D. Reisig | George F. Cole |ISBN: 978-1-337-55765-8|

 

METHODS OF INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY: In Person

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The overall goal of this course is to provide you with the basic knowledge necessary to understand the evolution of Law Enforcement and the Criminal Justice System. Specifically, you will become familiar with the differences and similarities of the two as well as how they work to form our justice system.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

After successfully completing this course, students should be able to:

1. Describe the range of purposes served by the corrections system.
2. Understand the goals of punishment.
3. Identify the different forms of the criminal sanction.
4. Identify the different kinds of probation conditions

GRADIING

 

Students will be graded on the following scale and criteria:

GRADING CRITERIA
Examinations	50%
Assignments	30%
Research Paper	20%

 

GRADING SCALE
90%-100%	A
80%-89%	B
70%-79%	C
60%-69%	D
Below 60%	F

 

 

EXAMINATIONS

Examinations will include both Midterm and Final Exam. Exams will cover topics covered in class.

 

ASSIGNMENTS

Assignments will include but not limited to chapter summaries, chapter exercises, quizzes, discussions, writing assignments, documentary film responses, and chapter cases. 

 

RESEARCH PAPER

Students will research and submit a paper of at least 500 words on a case which involves law enforcement and security. Students should identify the crime violation. In addition, identify the ethical violation(s) committed, and summarize the outcome of the case.

 

PARTICIPATION

In addition to coming to class prepared, methods of participation include speaking voluntarily, responding when called upon, participating actively in group assignments, showing a willingness to listen actively in class (in other words, not sleeping, texting, using the internet, or chatting with classmates). 

 

EXTRA CREDIT

Students will have multiple opportunities to receive extra credit throughout the semester. Below I will provide a couple of opportunities although additional opportunities may arise throughout the semester.

 

Career Services: Schedule and attend a meeting with career services.

 

Intro to Corrections Presentation: Students are encouraged to read and watch periodicals throughout the course semester pertaining to Corrections in America. Students will have the opportunity to make a 3-minute presentation on a current news article regarding issues dealing with the subject. The student presentation should demonstrate the student’s ability to communicate orally his/her knowledge analytically and accurately. The student must inform the professor of his/her desire to present. Each presentation is worth three points. Student should indicate the source. The presentation should include the following: • Who is involved? • What happened? • When? • Why? • How will this impact future of the criminal justice system legally and ethically?

 

Movie Synopsis: Students are encouraged to watch documentaries and movies throughout the semester pertaining to Corrections in America. Students will have the opportunity to submit a synopsis on movies related to Corrections in America. Students’ synopsis should include the following: Who is involved? • What happened? • When? • Why? • How will this impact future of the criminal justice system legally and ethically?

 

Note:  The only route to a good grade is through timely, consistent submission of your assignments. Do not expect to be allowed to turn in alternative assignments, or to wait to submit work until the end of the semester!

 

A grade of “A” is reserved for students whose work product exceeds expectations, who attend class regularly and contribute meaningfully to discussion, and who demonstrate professionalism by turning work in on-time. So that this class is fair to everyone, you will be graded on your work only. No preferential treatment will be given to students who are on scholarship, members of organizations, or hoping to maintain a certain GPA. I will ignore requests for grade “bumps” based on personal reasons. 

 

Students with zero unexcused absences, tardies, or late assignments will receive a Dependability Certificate at the end of the semester. This award will be added to your permanent transcript and will impress future employers!

 

COLLEGE ASSESSMENT STATEMENT

As a part of Wiley College’s commitment to providing the environment and resources needed for success, students may be required to participate in a number of college-wide assessments activities.  The activities may include tests, surveys, focus groups and interviews, and portfolio reviews.  The primary purpose of the assessment activities is to determine the extent to which the college‘s programs and services maintain a high level of quality and meet the needs of students.  Students will not be identified in the analysis of results.  Unless indicated otherwise by the by instructor, results from the College’s assessment activities will not be computed in student’s grades. 

COURSE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

 

General Policies

Students are required to complete reading assignments and be prepared for each class.  Student participation will be a part of the final grade in the course; methods of participation include speaking voluntarily in class, responding when called upon, participating actively in group assignments, showing a willingness to listen actively in class (in other words, not sleeping, texting, using the internet, or chatting with classmates). 

 

Classroom Policies

Students are prohibited from using electronic devices (cell phones, tablets, computers, etc.) during class time. If there is an emergency causing the need for the use of devices during class time, student must inform the professor prior to class. Additionally, students must respect other students in the classroom (in other words be KIND, we are all entitled to have different opinions about a subject). A failure to respect classroom policies may result in the student being dismissed from the course or a loss in participation points.

 

SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENTS

 

All assignments for this course will be submitted electronically using Canvas.  These submissions should be in .doc or .docx format only.  Please use a standard 12-point font such as Times New Roman, Palatino, or Garamond.  Use one inch margins and standard MLA or APA headers, (citation style according to the discipline), and double-space all documents.

 

Certain daily assignments, such as reading quizzes, will be composed in-class.  Therefore, please be sure you are prepared with ample pens, pencils, and notebook paper, and make sure you include your name and date on all submissions and write legibly.

 

ATTENDANCE POLICY

 

Class Attendance

Students are allowed a maximum of one unexcused absence for each semester hour credit for the course. For example, if the course offers three semester hours of credit the student will be allowed three unexcused absences. An absence due to a student representing the College, when properly documented prior to the absence, is an excused absence.

A student, who misses 20% of the scheduled class meetings will receive a failing grade for the course that offers three semester hours of credit (unless excused according to the procedures and standards described above): for classes meeting 3 days per week, 9 days = 20%; for classes meeting two days per week, 6 days = 20%; for classes meeting one day per week, 3 days = 20%.  Students who attend a 4-hour class one day a week at the Shreveport Fire and Police Academy (6:00-10:00 p.m.) will receive a failing grade if they miss 1 day (20%) unless excused according to the procedures and standards described above.

 

Absence from class, excused or unexcused, does not relieve any student of the responsibility for completing assignments and being familiar with the material covered in class. The student is responsible for arranging for make-up work with the instructor of record prior to the absence or departure from campus.

Students must make arrangements with their teachers for making up missed classes, prior to the class absences. Instructors are obligated to assist students who: (a) identify themselves as college representatives from the start of the course, (b) make arrangements for excused absences prior to the period(s) missed and (c) meet the agreed upon documented conditions. Failure to meet agreed and documented conditions removes the excuse and the absence becomes counted as unexcused.

 

ATTENDANCE WILL BE REPORTED ON-LINE DAILY!

 

TECHNOLOGY

 

Email Use

Wiley College recognizes the value and efficiency of communication between faculty/staff and students through electronic mail. At the same time, email raises some issues concerning security and the identity of each individual in an email exchange. The college encourages all official student email correspondence be sent only to a student’s Wiley College email address and that faculty and staff consider email from students official only if it originates from a Wiley College student account. This allows the college to maintain a high degree of confidence in the identity of all individuals corresponding and the security of the transmitted information. Wiley College furnishes each student with a free email account that is to be used in all communication with college personnel.

 

Participation in this course will require use of Wiley College email ONLY in accordance with College policy. Be sure to check with the Instructional Technology department to ensure that your email account is in order and your computer is working properly. You always have the option to come to campus and use the computers in the labs and the library.

 

Technical Support

For technical support with your JICS or email accounts, please contact the Information Systems and Technology Department at 903-927-3310 or by email at helpdesk1@wileyc.edu.

 

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY

 

Wiley College identifies academic dishonesty as any deliberate attempt to gain an unfair advantage in academic work. Academic dishonesty is further defined as,

 

• Unfair advantage: receiving, stealing, reproducing, or circulating exam materials prior to an exam; receiving, stealing, destroying, defacing, or concealing materials for the purpose of depriving others of their use; unauthorized collaborating on an academic assignment; failure to return assignments or an exam as instructed; intentionally obstructing or interfering with another student’s academic work; or engaging in any activity with the purpose of creating or obtaining an unfair academic advantage over other students.
• Cheating: unauthorized use of information, notes, or study aids on an exam; altering graded assignments; or submitting work done by another person.
• Falsification of information: intentionally furnishing false or misleading information; altering documents; forging signatures; or impersonating someone in an exam.
• Plagiarism: presentation or submission of work by someone else, as if it were one’s own, including drafts of assignments.
• Unauthorized access to academic records: viewing, altering, or dispensing academic, administrative, or computer records; modifying academic, administrative, or computer records, computer programs, or systems; or interfering with the use or availability of academic, administrative, or computer records or computer systems.
• Other: fraud, providing information, material, or other assistance with knowledge that such assistance could be used in violation of the Student Code of Conduct or other College policies, or providing false information in connection with any inquiry regarding academic dishonesty.

 

Students who commit acts of academic dishonesty fail to meet the fundamental requirement of satisfactory academic performance at Wiley College. Any student who commits an act of academic dishonesty is subject to disciplinary action. In instances where a student has clearly been identified as having committed an act of academic dishonesty, an instructor must take appropriate disciplinary action initially, including awarding the penalty grade of “F” for the assignment, exam, or course, subject to review and endorsement by the Office of the Dean of Students. Repeated offenses will lead to dismissal from the College. All alleged offenses must be reported to the Office of the Dean of Students.

 

REMEDIATION PLAN  

Students who have difficulty with the course will have the opportunity to:

• Meet with the professor for one-on-one support through telephone sessions, web conferencing, or during office hours by appointment.
• Revise unsatisfactory work once within a 7-day time limit.

 

NON-DISCRIMINATION AND SPECIAL NEEDS

The College does not discriminate on the basis of color, race, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, ideology, political affiliation, veteran status, age, physical handicap or marital status.

In order to reasonably accommodate the needs of students with impairments, students with documented disabilities who may need academic services for this class are required to register with the Director of Student Support and Disability Services. Unless the student has been cleared through the Office of Disability Services, accommodations will not be provided. The Disability Office is located in the Hodge Center.

 

Academic Protocol

Instructor of Record: Dr. Keyona White, (903) 927-3350

Dr. Tracy Andrus, Executive Director of Lee P. Brown Criminal Justice Institute, (903) 923-2420

Dr. Devissi Muhammad, Associate Professor and Chair of History, (903) 927-3251

 

Important Dates

August 1                               First Day of Class

August 17                            First Day to Withdraw From Course and Receive a “W”

September 19-21             Midterm Exam Week

October 7                            Last day to withdraw from course with a “W”

October 16-23                  Sacred Pause Observation

November 11                     Last Day of Class

November 14-17              Final Exam Week

 

 

 

WEEKLY COURSE SCHEDULE

 

Weeks	Topics and Reading	Assignments and Due Dates
Week 1	The Corrections System (Chapter 1)   Tuesday ·         Course Introduction ·         Review Syllabus Thursday ·         The Corrections System ·         The Purpose of Corrections ·         A Systems Framework for Studying Corrections ·         The Corrections System Today ·         Key Issues in Corrections	August 1-5   ·         Welcome Post ·         Pretest ·         Reading Quiz
Week 2	The Early History of Correctional Thought and Practice/ The History of Corrections in America (Chapters 2/3)   Tuesday ·         From the Middle Ages to the American Revolution ·         On the Eve of Reform ·         The Enlightenment and Correctional Reform ·         What Really Motivated Correctional Reform? Thursday ·         The Colonial Period ·         The Arrival of the Penitentiary ·         The Development of Prisons in the South and the West ·         The Reformatory Movement ·         The Rise of the Progressives ·         The Rise of the Medical Model ·         From Medical Model to Community Model ·         The Crime Control Model	August 8-12   ·         Reading Quiz ·         Discussion Question
Week 3	Contemporary Punishment (Chapter 4)   Tuesday ·         The Purpose of Corrections ·         Forms of the Criminal Sanction ·         The Sentencing Process ·         Unjust Punishment Thursday ·         Meet in Library	August 15-19   ·         Key Terms ·         Discussion Question ·         Self-Assessment
Week 4	The Law of Corrections  (Chapter 5)    Tuesday ·         The Foundations of Correctional Law ·         Correctional Law and the U.S. Supreme Court ·         Constitutional Rights of the Incarcerated ·         Alternatives to Litigation ·         Law and Community Corrections ·         Law and Correctional Personnel Thursday ·         Summary	August 22-26   ·         Research Paper Topic/ Thesis ·         Reading Quiz ·         Discussion Question
Week 5	The Correctional Client (Chapter 6)   Tuesday ·         Selection for the Corrections System ·         Types of Clients ·         Classifying People in the Corrections System Thursday ·         Summary	August 29-September 2 ·         Reading Quiz ·         Discussion Question ·         Test # 1: The Correctional Context
Week 6	Jails: Detention and Short-Term Incarceration (Chapter 7)   Tuesday ·         The Contemporary Jail: Entrance to the System ·         Pretrial Detention ·         The Bail Problem and Alternatives ·         People Sentenced to Jail ·         Issues in Jail Management ·         The Future of Jail Thursday ·         Summary	September 5-9   ·         Reading Quiz ·         Discussion Question
Week 7	Probation (Chapter 8) Tuesday ·         The History and Development of Probation ·         The Organization of Probation Today ·         The Dual Functions of Probation: Investigation and Supervision ·         The Effectiveness of Supervision ·         Revocation and Termination of Probation ·         Probation in the Coming Decade Thursday ·         Summary	September 12-16   ·         Reading Quiz ·         Discussion Question ·         Last Day to submit assignments for weeks 1-7 is Friday, September 16th.
Week 8	Intermediate Sanctions and Community Corrections (Chapter 9) Tuesday ·         Intermediate Sanctions in Corrections ·         The Case for Intermediate Sanctions ·         Continuum of Sanctions ·         Problems with Intermediate Sanctions ·         Varieties of Intermediate Sanctions ·         Making Intermediate Sanctions Work Thursday ·         Using Surveillance and Control in Community Corrections ·         The New Correctional Professional ·         Community Corrections Legislation ·         The Future of Intermediate Sanction and Community Corrections ·         Summary	September 19-23   ·         Mid Term Exam ·         Reading Quiz ·         Discussion Question
Week 9	Incarceration (Chapter 10)   Tuesday ·         Links to the Past ·         The Goals of Incarceration ·         Organization for Incarceration ·         The Design and Classification of Prisons ·         Who is in Prison? Thursday ·         Summary	September 26-30 ·         Key Terms ·         Discussion Question ·         Research Paper Outline ·         Self-Assessment
Week 10	The Prison Experience (Chapter 11) Tuesday ·         Prison Society ·         The Prison Economy ·         Violence in Prison Thursday ·         Summary ·         Work on Research in Class (Bring Laptops to Class)	October 3-7 ·         Reading Quiz ·         Discussion Question
Week 11	The Incarceration of Women (Chapter 12)    Tuesday ·         Women: The Forgotten Offenders ·         Historical Perspective ·         Women in Prison ·         Issues in the Incarceration of Women ·         Release to the Community Thursday ·         Summary	October 10-14   ·         Reading Quiz ·         Discussion Question
Week 12	Sacred Pause Observance	October 17-21   Sacred Pause Observance
Week 13	Institutional Management (Chapter 13)   Tuesday ·         Formal Organization ·         Governing Prisons ·         Correctional Officers: The Linchpin of Management Thursday ·         Summary	October 24-28   ·         Reading Quiz ·         Discussion Question ·         Self-Assessment
Week 14	Institutional Programs (Chapter 14)    Tuesday ·         Managing Time ·         Classification ·         Rehabilitative Programs ·         Prison Industry ·         Prison Maintenance Programs Thursday ·         Recreational Programs ·         Prison Programming Reconsidered ·         Summary	October 31- November 4   ·         Reading Quiz ·         Discussion Question ·         Last day to submit late work for weeks 8-14 is Friday November 4th.
Week 15	Concentrated Study Period	November 7-11   ·         Research Paper Due
Week 16		November 14-18 Final Exam