CJS 665 Crisis Response, Mental Illness, and Working with Special Populations
This course focuses on justice system responses to victim and offender special populations, including: women; children; the elderly; LGBTQ+ people; immigrants; and people with disabilities (physical, developmental, behavioral, and sensory). This course teaches critical incident stress management for first responders and crisis intervention, de-escalation, and other skills necessary to respond to the signs of mental illness and substance use.
3 Graduate credits
Effective May 3, 2023 to present
Learning outcomes
General
- Identify specific problems related to special needs offenders and victims.
- Demonstrate an understanding of concepts related to special needs offenders and victims.
- Evaluate current law enforcement and criminal justice agency solutions to problems related to special needs offenders and victims.
- Formulate new solutions to problems faced by law enforcement and criminal justice agencies with regard to special needs offenders and victims.
- Demonstrate rationale for solutions related to special needs offenders and victims.