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Foundations of Offender Reentry

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  1. Lesson One
    Mass Incarceration
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  2. Lesson Two
    Prisoner Demographics
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  3. Lesson Three
    Deterioration of Urban Landscapes
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  4. Lesson Four
    School-to-Prison Pipeline
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  5. Lesson Five
    Prisonization
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  6. Lesson Six
    Families and Children
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  7. Lesson Seven
    Phases of Reentry and Corrections
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  8. Lesson Eight
    Reentry Theory
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  9. Lesson Nine
    Criminogenic Risk/Need
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  10. Lesson Ten
    Program Models
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  11. Lesson Eleven
    Issues, Barriers, and Challenges
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  12. Lesson Twelve
    Biblical View of Justice
    4 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  13. Lesson Thirteen
    Stigmatization
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  14. Lesson Fourteen
    Population Specific Programming
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  15. Lesson Fifteen
    Mentoring and Church Support
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  16. Lesson Sixteen
    Housing
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  17. Lesson Seventeen
    Physical and Mental Health
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  18. Lesson Eighteen
    Employment
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  19. Lesson Nineteen
    Substance Abuse
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  20. Lesson Twenty
    Evidence-Based Practices
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  21. Lesson Twenty-One
    Supervised Release
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  22. Lesson Twenty-Two
    Collateral Sanctions
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  23. Lesson Twenty-Three
    Faith-Based Programming
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  24. Lesson Twenty-Four
    Collaboration Between Faith-Based Organizations and Government Agencies
    4 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  25. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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Foundations of Offender Reentry Mass Incarceration Overview and Objectives
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Overview and Objectives

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Lesson Overview

This lesson will discuss the phenomenon of mass incarceration. Students will learn about the explosion in the US prison population that occurred over a 30-year period. They will learn about the social backdrop of this phenomenon and the federal, state, and local policies that caused it to thrive. They will be challenged to articulate effective ways of addressing this issue.

Lesson Objectives

When you complete this lesson, you should be able to do the following:

  • Summarize the historic increase in the American prison population and how it relates to other similar countries.
  • Describe the causes of the explosion in the prison system.
  • Describe the effects of mass incarceration.
Personal Reflection

As you proceed through this lesson have the following question in mind.
What do you believe can be done to reduce mass incarceration?

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