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Schedule

Course Schedule 

Lesson 1: An Overview of Corrections

Readings
  • Read the Getting Started Lesson.
  • Read Chapter 1 in Schmalleger and Smykla's Corrections in the 21st Century.
  • Read Lesson 1 Online Content.

Assignments
  • Introductory material
  • Discussion Forum 1
  • Quiz, Ch. 1

Lesson 2: Evidence-based Corrections

Readings
  • Read Chapter 2 in Schmalleger and Smykla's Corrections in the 21st Century.
  • Read Glaze and Kaeble’s Correctional Populations in the United States, 2013
  • Read Lesson 2 Online Content

Assignments
  • Discussion Forum 2
  • Quiz, Ch. 2 and Glaze and Kaeble

Lesson 3: The Criminal Sentence

Readings
  • Read Chapter 3 in Schmalleger and Smykla's Corrections in the 21st Century.
  • Read Lesson 3 Online Content
  • For assignment 1, read the following from the US Sentencing Commission’s 2013 Sentencing Guidelines Manual: (http://www.ussc.gov/guidelines-manual/2013/2013-index)
    • Part A- Introduction and Authority:
      • Section 1 (Authority)
      • Section 2 (The Statutory Mission)
      • Section 3 (The Basic Approach)
    • Part B- General Application Principles:
      • §1B1.1. Application Instructions (not the commentary)
      • §1B1.2. Applicable Guidelines (not the commentary)

Assignments
  • Discussion Forum 3
  • Quiz, Ch 3
  • Complete Assignment 1

Lesson 4: Community Corrections

Readings
  • Read Chapters 4 and 5 in Schmalleger and Smykla's Corrections in the 21st Century.
  • Read Lesson 4 Online Content

Assignments
  • Discussion Forum 4
  • Quiz, Ch 4 and 5
  • Exam 1 - Readings Covered:
    • Ch.1 - 5 in Schmalleger and Smykla's Corrections in the 21st Century.
    • Glaze and Kaeble
    • USSC material

Exam 1

Assignments
  • Take Exam 1

Lesson 5: Local Jails

Readings
  • Read Chapter 6 in Schmalleger and Smykla's Corrections in the 21st Century.
  • Read Lesson 5 Online Content

Assignments
  • Discussion Forum 5
  • Quiz, Ch. 6

Lesson 6: An Overview of the Prison

Readings
  • Read Chapter 7 in Schmalleger and Smykla's Corrections in the 21st Century.
  • Read Lesson 6 Online Content

Assignments
  • Discussion Forum 6
  • Quiz, Ch. 7
  • Complete Assignment 2

Lesson 7: Prison Issues and Concerns

Readings
  • Read Chapter 13 in Schmalleger and Smykla's Corrections in the 21st Century.
  • Read Lesson 7 Online Content

Assignments
  • Discussion Forum 7
  • Quiz, Ch. 13

Lesson 8: The Prison World

Readings
  • Read Chapters 9 and 10 in Schmalleger and Smykla's Corrections in the 21st Century.
  • Read Lesson 8 Online Content

Assignments
  • Discussion Forum 8
  • Quiz, Ch. 9 and 10
  • Exam 2 - Readings Covered:
    • Ch. 6, 7, 9, 10, and 13 in Schmalleger and Smykla's Corrections in the 21st Century.

Exam 2

Assignments
  • Take Exam 2

Lesson 9: Parole and Reentry

Readings
  • Read Chapter 8 in Schmalleger and Smykla's Corrections in the 21st Century.
  • Read Lesson 9 Online Content

Assignments
  • Discussion Forum 9
  • Quiz, Ch. 8

Lesson 10: Prison Issues and Inmate Legal Rights

Readings
  • Read Chapter 11 in Schmalleger and Smykla's Corrections in the 21st Century.
  • Read Chapter 12 in Schmalleger and Smykla's Corrections in the 21st Century.
  • Read Lesson 10 Online Content

Assignments
  • Discussion Forum 10
  • Complete Assignment 3
  • Quiz 11

Lesson 11: The Death Penalty and America's Prisons

Readings
  • Read Chapter 15 in Schmalleger and Smykla's Corrections in the 21st Century.
  • Read Lesson 11 Online Content

Assignments
  • Discussion Forum 11
  • Quiz, Ch. 15

Lesson 12: Working in the Corrections System

Readings
  • Read the Civil Service postings for corrections and probation officers.
  • Read Lesson 12 Online Content

Assignments
  • Discussion Forum 12
  • California Sample Corrections Officer Exam
  • Exam 3 - Readings Covered:
    • Ch.8, 11, 12 and 15
    • Material from Lesson 12

Exam 3

Assignments
  • Take Exam 3

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