Theories, principles, and techniques of juvenile justice and corrections.<br>Potential careers students may enter upon completion are as follows:<br>Police officer<br>Probation officer<br>Corrections officer<br>Program Level Learning Outcomes<br>Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:<br><br>Describe the roles of corrections professionals within the adult and juvenile justice systems.<br>Recognize the differences in staff and inmate hierarchies within the correctional environment.<br>Identify the components of an integrated and strategic supervision model for community corrections that reduces offender recidivism.<br>Describe the principles of evidence-based practice used by human service professionals to achieve effective interventions.<br>Explain the legal justifications required for conducting a search and an arrest, and the exceptions to these requirements.<br>Describe crimes by their names, elements, and classifications.<br>Develop effective reading, writing, speaking, listening, and nonverbal communication skills for a variety of audiences.<br>Evaluate legal arguments, and explain constitutional and statutory limits on the application of law.<br>Identify the foundational requirements for the admissibility and the exclusion of evidence in a criminal court proceeding.<br>Discuss the Six Pillars of Character as defined by the Josephson Institute of Ethics: trustworthiness, respect, fairness, responsibility, justice and fairness, caring, civic virtue and citizenship, and how they apply to personal and professional environments.