CRJU 4800 - Mental Health Issues in Criminal Justice

3 Credit Hours

Prerequisites: None.
Corequisites: None.
Pre/Corequisites: None.
Requirements: None.

Description
This course provides an introduction to mental illness for criminal justice professionals. Policing people with mental disorders, mental illness issues facing the courts and corrections systems will also be covered. Special issues related to mentally disordered offenders and victims in the criminal justice system will also be addressed.