Community-Based Corrections

44.351

Spring 2005

 

Professor James Byrne                                                     Phone: (978) 934-3992

Mahoney 200A                                                                        Email: Profbyrne@hotmail.com

Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1-2 p.m.                 Location: Coburn 207

 

 

Course Description:  This course is designed to present students with an introduction to the field of community corrections.  Topic areas include sentencing, probation, parole, fines, community service, and intermediate sanctions (intensive supervision, house arrest/electronic monitoring, boot camps).  We focus on such issues as the punishment vs. control argument, community justice models, special offender populations (drug offenders, sex offenders, mentally ill offenders, offenders with AIDS), and the cost effectiveness of community corrections.

 

 

Required Texts:

 

(1)               Maconochie’s Gentlemen by Norval Morris

(2)               The Offender in the Community by Todd Clear and Harry Dammer

 

Free (required) Publications:

(1)   Tools of the Trade by Taxman et al. (www.nicic.org, Featured Publications)

(2)   Federal Probation, September 2004 issue (http://wjin.typepad.com/reentry_blog/2004/11/federal_probati.html)

 

 

 

Requirements/Grading:

(1)    Attendance and Participation (10%)

(2)    Midterm (30%)

(3)    Final (30%)

(4)    Paper (30%)