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    Apr 25, 2024  
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CJ 144 Corrections Special Populations and Case Management (5 credits)



Course Description
An examination of specific correctional populations, their impact on the correctional systems, and current correctional case management practices, theories, public policies, strategies and techniques.

Student Outcomes
1.Administer various assessment instruments used in correctional case management.
2.Demonstrate interviewing skills while using an assessment instrument.
3.Develop case management plans and data using current instruments being used in the field of corrections in the state of Washington.
4.Compare and contrast various case management strategies currently being used with juveniles and adults in corrections and with specific populations.
5.Explore the impact of one’s personal bias when working as a case manager.
6.Communicate expectations to a client in a clear and thoughtful manner.
7.Acknowledge the impact of one’s personal ethics and behaviors in corrections.
8.Identify the specific population client’s effect on the criminal justice system to include financial, legal, and personnel issues.
9.Recognize the impact on the specific population offender’s ability to function in the correctional system with the “label” of “special population”.
10.Articulate how the penal system responds to meet the needs of specific population offenders’ current issues and challenges.
11.Identify and articulate institutional and community programs available for specific populations of offenders and explain how the offenders access these programs.
12.Articulate the historical impact of specific populations on the criminal justice system and the system’s ability to address them.



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