If you successfully complete this course you will be able to:

1. To recognize the basic concepts and goals of corrections
2. To summarize the historical development of corrections in America
3. To identify the various correctional ideologies and how they are applicable to American jails and prisons
4. To recognize the difference among local, state, and federal correctional systems and concepts
5. To distinguish the relationship between society and offenders
6. To defend the philosophy bases for offender treatment and punishment
7. To arrange and describe the various levels of correctional security
8. To identify the legal rights of prisoners