IPC
598: Special Topics: Interventions With Delinquents and Adult
Offenders
Spring Trimester
2001
Wednesday 8:00
– 10:30
Instructor: Kurt Monroe
Telephone: 618-457-7463 (Home)
618-453-7635 (Office at SIUC)
E-mail: kmonroe1@siu.edu
Required Text: Shoemaker, D.J.
(2000). Theories of
Delinquency: An Examination of
Explanation of Delinquent Behavior.
New York, NY: Oxford University.
Alexander,
R., Jr. (2000). Counseling, Treatment, and Intervention
Methods With Juvenile and Adult Offenders.
Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.
Course Objectives:
1.
To
acquire an overview of the major theoretical perspectives in the sociology of
deviant/delinquent behavior.
2. To become familiar with empirical findings in the
sociology of deviant/delinquent literature.
3. To appreciate the variety of research methodologies
utilized in the study of deviance/delinquency.
4. To experience a personal involvement in the research
context.
5. Become familiar with the various
therapeutic/counseling approaches to working with delinquents and adult
offenders.
Course Structure:
The
course will be broken up into two parts.
The first half of class will consist of my lecturing on various
sociological perspectives that explain the occurrence of delinquency and
deviance in general. These various
perspectives will serve as “lenses” that will explain and allow you to
understand delinquency from different angles.
Many of you will, if not already, be working with and/or counseling
youth and adults in the criminal justice system. Learning these various perspectives will sensitize you toward
their conditions and experiences, assisting you in sympathizing with clients
and delivering the best therapeutic intervention.
The second half of the course
will consist of students presenting on different counseling/intervention
methods for working with delinquents and adult offenders. As touched on above, many of you will be
counseling clients in the juvenile/criminal justice system. These intervention methods will prepare you
for such encounters.
Course Requirements:
I.
Paper (max 40
points)
You will be required to write a 12 to 15 page paper by the end of the
semester. This can be done a couple
different ways. One option is to
interview an individual who works with delinquents and/or adult offenders in
the juvenile/criminal justice system.
The interview will, in general, consist of exploring the counselor’s
experiences working with juvenile/adult offenders as well as various
intervention techniques employed by them or their agency. After the interview, you will have the opportunity
to apply any relevant sociological perspectives discussed/learned in class,
demonstrating what you have learned throughout the semester.
The
second option is to actually conduct research in field. Many of you may be doing your internship or
already work in the juvenile/criminal justice system. If so, it may be a good opportunity to apply your research skills
in the work setting. The method you
will use is a single-subject design so that you may “study the behavior change
an individual exhibits as a result of some treatment” (Gay 1999, p. 400). For instance, you are actually counseling
various clients over the semester, you may want to pick one client and assess
his or her change in behavior due to a particular therapeutic approach. We will discuss single-subject design more
thoroughly in class.
As a
fulfillment of this requirement, you will give an informal overview of your
paper.
II.
Presentation (max 30
points)
Each person, either individually or in a group, will present on a
particular therapeutic approach pertaining to juveniles or adult
offenders. I am allowing a lot of
freedom in terms of how you decide to present this material. However, you will be graded on creativity,
organization, how familiar you are with the material, and how well you deliver
the information.
III.
Participation and
Attendance (max 30 points)
This class will weigh heavily towards contributing to class
discussion. Since I am not an expert in
the field of counseling, I will rely on your expertise and experience working
with clients. As this is the case, it
is imperative that you attempt to contribute throughout the semester. Based on my experience with the sociology of
delinquency/deviance, however, students usually attempt to share their
perspectives and experiences. Many of
the topics tend to be very interesting.
A
maximum of 100 points is possible.
Points Grade
90 – 100 A
80 – 89 B
70 – 79 C
60 – 69 D
Topic Assignment Due
Sociology of juvenile
Delinquency and
deviance
(S) Ch. 1
Jan. 17 Introduction
(cont.)
Explanations of
Delinquency
(S) Ch. 1 & 2
(S) Ch. 3
(A) Ch. 1
(S) Ch. 4
(A) Ch. 3 Treatment Theories
(S) Ch. 5
(A) Ch. 5 Individual Counseling Processes
Delinquency
(S) Ch. 6
(A) Ch. 6 Group
Treatment Processes
Feb. 21 Radical Theory of Delinquency Presentation
(S) Ch. 10
(A) Ch. 11 Treating and Intervention
With
Special Offender Populations
(S) Ch. 8
(A) Ch. 4
Screening, Assessment, and
Diagnosis
in Correctional Treatment
(S) Ch. 9
(A) Ch. 8 Treating Male Juvenile
Offenders
Mar. 14 Labeling
Theory (cont)
Mar. 21 Interpersonal
and Situational
Explanations
(S) Ch. 7
Explanations (cont.)
(A) Ch. 10 Treating Male Adult
Offenders
Apr. 4 Female
Delinquency Presentation
(S) Ch. 11
(A) Ch. 7 Treating Female Juvenile
Offenders
Apr. 11 Female Adult
Offenders Presentation
(A) Ch. 9 Treating Female Adult
Offenders
Apr. 18 Presentations
Apr. 25 Individual
consultation
Please Note:
(1) Attendance Policy:
The Lindenwood policy
regarding attendance will be adhered to.
If you miss more than two classes, this will result in a reduction in your
grade by one letter. Four absences or
more may result in an “F” for the course.
Continued tardiness may also result in being penalized. Please let me
know if you cannot attend class on a
particular night and do make arrangements with others to get copies of
the notes and handouts.
(2) Plagiarism:
Please pay attention to the
policy on Academic Dishonesty as spelled out in the Lindenwood Catalog:
“Academic
dishonesty is an exceptionally serious offense to oneself and one’s colleague,
and may result in a failing grade on the piece of work, failure in the course
or dismissal from the University.”
Plagiarizing in your research
without proper citation of source constitutes a form of academic honesty and
may result in a failing grade for your proposal.
(3) Incomplete Grades:
Please note that the required
number of assignments and review exercises have to be completed in order to get
a grade for the course IPC 541. In
particular, if you are unable to meet the requirements of the course and need
an extension, you will have to submit a petition for an incomplete grade to
me. You will then have 6 weeks to
complete and turn in the work.
Otherwise, the “I” grade will revert to an “F.”
(4) Accommodation:
If you have a learning or
physical disability (including test anxiety), please let me know as soon as
possible so that accommodation may be made to facilitate you learning and
performance in the class.