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CJHS/395

Issues and Futures in Human Services in Criminal Justice

Course level: Upper Division

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3 credits

Total credits

5 weeks

Course length

Take this course on its own, or as part of a degree or certificate program.

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This course examines both the principle issues in providing human services within contemporary criminal justice as well as the extrapolation of such issues toward possible futures of human services within the criminal justice field. Students will focus upon relevant research in policing, courts, and corrections that reflect key elements of current conditions and what may be expected from human services and human service workers in the years to come. Students will apply critical review and engage in in-depth discussion of these concepts as a basis for comprehensive understanding at local, state, and national levels of human services in criminal justice administration.

Please Note: Attendance and participation are mandatory in all University courses, and specific requirements may differ by course. If attendance requirements are not met, a student may be removed from the course. Please review the Course Attendance Policy in the Catalog for more information.

University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses. While widely available, not all programs are available to residents of all states. Please check with a University Enrollment Representative.

Earn these career-relevant skills in weeks, not years.

  • Identify the value of human services in the criminal justice system in a changing society.
  • Examine recent and future trends and issues affecting human services and human service workers in the criminal justice system.
  • Evaluate past, present, and future trends in the interface between human service in the criminal justice system and criminal justice connections with surrounding society.

  • Evaluate past, present, and future trends pertaining to responses to mental health issues in policing.
  • Analyze the organizational management, administration, and operational aspects of responses to mental health issues in policing.
  • Examine perspectives of community policing from the local, state, and federal organizational levels in relation to mental health and crisis issues.
  • Identify changes in laws and the impact on the field of policing in relation to mental health and crisis issues.
  • Evaluate the work of human services in response to these changes.

  • Identify the current and future issues facing case management for human service workers in the criminal justice system.
  • Articulate case management responsibilities in various settings of the criminal justice system.
  • Examine future management issues and trends regarding cultural diversity issues within human services and the criminal justice system.
  • Identify past and future types of cases assigned for management within the criminal justice system.

  • Identify the current and future issues facing corrections and how human services workers will be needed.
  • Identify the current and future civil rights issues that affect the criminal justice system.
  • Identify the role of human service workers within the criminal justice system in supporting and managing diversity and changing cultural norms.
  • Analyze current and future Legislative issues that would affect human services in the criminal justice system.
  • Hypothesize future problems and potential solutions for criminal justice administrators that may require human services intervention.

  • Identify human services ethical standards.
  • Explain human service worker resources.
  • Analyze the value of self-awareness for human service workers in the criminal justice system.

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