Correctional Practices Fundamentals (Certificate)

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be equipped to:

• Exhibit appropriate human behaviour when clients are exposed to uncertainty and stress in a helping professional environment
• Apply knowledge of social science relating to corrections when interacting with clients, staff, professionals and the public
• Examine the evolution of the Canadian criminal justice system and describe/differentiate the principles, roles, models and duties of the judicial system
• Critically examine the theory and practices of criminal behaviour and the effects on society
• Assess the connections of biology, mental and social behaviours in predicting human behaviour and relate the key principles and methods of psychology
• Identify the types of security and correctional facilities and articulate the least restrictive yet safe and secure environments for clients, staff and the public