Power Point Slides for Community Corrections
The slides are located in the second column from the left. The topic will link you to the power point slides. Note: You will need the Microsoft Power Point Viewer to get the slides, and the full Power Point program to print them several to a page.
| Date | Topic | Readings |
| Jan 22 W | Review Syllabus/Expectations | None |
| Jan 24 F | Current State of Community Corrections | Cromwell et al. Chapter 1 Measuring the Performance... Supervising Offenders in Minnesota: Facts and Solutions (pdf) |
| Probation | ||
| Jan 27 M | History of Probation | Chapter 2 |
| Jan 29W | Who Gets Probation? | Chapter 3 Probation and Parole in the U.S., 2001 (pdf) |
| Jan 31 F | The PSI | Chapter 4 |
| Feb 3M | Conditions of Probation | Chapter 5 |
| Feb 5W | Organization of Probation | Chapter 6 |
| Feb 7F | Community Supervision | Chapter 7 "Broken Windows Probation" (pdf) |
| Feb 10 M | Probation Failure | Chapter 8 The Truth About Broken Windows... (pdf) |
| Feb 12 W | Effectiveness of Probation | Handouts |
| Feb 14 F | Probation Speaker | None |
| Parole | ||
| Feb 17 M | History of Parole | Chapter 9 Parole and Prison Reentry I (pdf) |
| Feb 19W | Discretionary Parole Release | Chapter 10 |
| Feb 21 F | Parole Conditions/Revocation | Chapter 11 |
| Feb 24 M | Review/Parole Effectiveness | Parole and Prison Reentry II (pdf) |
| Feb 26 W | Open/review | |
| Feb 28 F | Exam I | |
| Intermediate Sanctions | ||
| Mar 3 M | Why Intermediate Sanctions? | None |
| Mar 5W | ISP's Part I | Chapter 13, pp. 271-276 |
| Mar 7 F | ISP's Part II | Petersilia and Turner Evaluation (Handout) |
| Mar 10 M | ISP speaker | None |
| Mar 12 W | Shock Incarceration | Chapter 12, pp. 243-255 |
| Mar 14 F | Shock Incarceration II | NIJ Multi-site evaluation (pdf) |
| Mar 17-21 | Spring Break | |
| Mar 24 M | RCCF's Part I | Chapter 12, pp. 255-270 |
| Mar 26 W | RCCF's Part II | None |
| Mar 28 F | RCCF speaker | None |
| Mar 31 M | Electronic Monitoring/Home Confinement | Chapter 13, pp. 276-283 |
| April 2 W | Other Intermediate Sanctions | Chapter 13, pp. 283-299 |
| April 4 F | Open/Review for Exam II | |
| April 7 M | Exam II | |
| Current Issues in Community Corrections | ||
| April 9 W | Drug Courts I | Handout |
| April 11 F | Drug Courts II | None |
| April 14 M | Drug Court Speaker | None |
| April 16 W | Principles of Effective Intervention | Handout |
| April 18 F | Principles of Effective Intervention II | None |
| April 21 M | Corrections Assessment |
Reread Chapter 7, pp. 122-131 |
| April 23 W | Corrections Assessment II | None |
| April 25 F | Open/Review | |
| Group Presentations | ||
| April 28 M | Presentations | None |
| April 31 W | Presentations | None |
| May 2 F | Presentations | None |
| May 5 M | Presentations | None |
| May 7 W | Presentations | None |
| May 9 F | Presentations | None |
| May 14 | Final Exam @ 8am | Study for Final Exam |