Maricopa Community Colleges  AJS251   19966-20086 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 07/22/08
AJS251 19966-20086 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Correctional Case Work Techniques
Theory and application of casework techniques and treatment. Team concepts for correctional personnel: diagnostic concepts and counseling, criminal personality theory and applications.
Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
AJS251   19966-20086 Correctional Case Work Techniques
1. Describe the psychological, psychoanalytic, and criminal personality theories of criminal behavior. (II)
2. Explain current concepts of therapy and treatment of criminal offenders. (I)
3. Describe correctional case worker attitudes and counseling styles. (III)
4. Describe one's own attitude of correctional casework and preferred style of counseling. (III)
5. Describe current classification and treatment programs. (IV)
6. Describe various correctional counseling techniques. (III, IV, V)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
AJS251   19966-20086 Correctional Case Work Techniques
    I. Causal Theories of Crime and Delinquency
        A. Psychological theories of causes of antisocial behavior
        B. Psychoanalytic theory of juvenile delinquency
        C. Criminal behavior and learning theory
        D. Criminal personality theory
      II. Current Perspectives on Theory and Treatment
          A. The medical model of treatment
          B. The fallacy of the medical model as applied to corrections
          C. Concepts of treatment in probation and parole supervision
          D. The multiple realities inherent in probation counseling
        III. Case Worker Attitudes and Counseling Styles
            A. Correctional worker as an "agent of change"
            B. Is help helpful?
            C. Function of coercive casework in corrections
            D. The community and corrections
            E. Counseling con men
          IV. Individualized Models for Offender Classification and Treatment
              A. The Youth Authority's Community Treatment Project
              B. Differential treatment of delinquents and interpersonal maturity levels theory
              C. The dynamics of I-Level interviewing
              D. The postulate of interpersonal needs
              E. Application of FIRO in correctional counseling
              F. The use of contract counseling in corrections
              G. Behavior modification techniques as a tool for probation officers
            V. Group and Process Models for Correctional Counseling
                A. Introduction to group counseling
                B. Group therapy with juvenile probationers
                C. Introduction to family therapy
                D. Concepts of therapy
                E. Introduction to transactional analysis
                F. Introduction to gestalt therapy
                G. Introduction to reality therapy
                H. Role of the therapist
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