Keep your community safe by earning a specialization in client services / corrections online or on campus
Criminal Justice Bachelor's degree - Client Services/Corrections specialization
As our nation’s corrections institutions continue to grow, educated and experienced leaders who are focused on leading positive change are in demand. As a student in our Criminal Justice program with a Client Services/Corrections specialization, you can prepare yourself to take advantage of this demand and start a rewarding and life-changing career.
Our curriculum is focused on enhancing your knowledge and experience within the corrections area of criminal justice. It is created with advice from our advisory board of criminal justice professionals and includes projects, in-field assignments, and case studies developed from gritty, true-life cases. With our degree offered fully online, you can complete your courses on a schedule that fits your personal and professional life.
As a graduate of the Criminal Justice Bachelor’s degree program with a Client Services/Correction specialization, our career services advisors will work with you to help you start your career in a leadership position within the in-demand field of corrections.
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Why Client Services/Corrections?
On one side of the justice system you have professionals keeping the community safe by catching criminals. On the other side, there is the task of keeping these criminals safe and rehabilitating them. Both sides are important in our society and your work in corrections will help troubled individuals get back on track.
This program in the field of corrections offers you the flexibility and convenience of online learning.
Are you ready to learn more? We’ve spent more than a century at Rasmussen College preparing students for success. If you would like to know more about our school, what we offer our students or anything else, please fill out a contact request or call us at (888) 549-6755. One of our program managers can answer any questions you may have.
Client Services/Corrections Courses
This client services / corrections specialization offers you instruction on critical thinking, ethical understanding and reasoning, multicultural and diversity awareness, as well as communication skills. After earning your client services / corrections specialization, you will be able to effectively communicate ideas through speaking and writing, address complex ethical situations, and operate effectively within a continually changing environment.
Some key courses include:
Special Populations in Criminal Justice
The experience of women, minorities, the physically and mentally challenged, the elderly, and the socioeconomically deprived in all parts of the criminal justice system will be explored. You will analyze programs, policies, and case studies relating to special populations.
Diversion and Rehabilitation
You will examine counseling and intervention methods used for adult and juvenile, and male and female offenders. You’ll explore theories proven by research and applied to treatment.
Community Corrections
You will examine the role and function of corrections supervisors in the field. You will learn about case studies on probation and parole to better understand the corrections system.
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Client Services/Corrections Career Outlook
A Criminal Justice Bachelor's degree with a specialization in Client Services/Corrections focuses on leadership and management that will prepare you for a supervisory position within agencies around the U.S. as a probation officer, parole officer, community corrections agent, corrections officer or administrative professional at a detention center.
Probation, parole and corrections officers held about 94,000 jobs in 2006. Employment is projected to grow steadily through 2018.
After you earn a client services/corrections specialization, here’s a snapshot of a possible career:
Salary & growth statistics provided by the BLS ‡ |
25th Percentile | 50th Percentile | 75th Percentile | Projected Growth |
| Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists | $36,030 | $46,530 | $62,080 | 19% |
The Rasmussen College career placement services staff starts helping you even before you graduate – with your resume, cover letter, interviewing techniques and how to search for a great career. And it doesn’t end there – these services are available throughout your career.
‡"Occupational Employment Statistics Home Page." U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Department of Labor, 27 July 2010. Web. 27 Sept. 2010.
"Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition." U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Department of Labor, Dec. 2009. Web. 29 Nov. 2010.
BLS salary data may not reflect expected entry level earnings.
Seamless Credit Transfer Policies
Transferring your credits doesn't need to be difficult. At Rasmussen College, our transfer policies are designed to maximize your credit transfer and minimize your time to graduation. View our official Transfer Policy for a full description of each policy.
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