Teaching correctional management to criminal justice majors

This article describes a multifaceted course in correctional institutions that integrates policy and practical issues with management theory. Junior and senior criminal justice majors are challenged by two major course projects that require cooperative effort in learning teams, library research, collection of data from correctional agencies, classroom presentations, and written reports. Although at first this course is more difficult to implement than a lecture format, it offers instructors an opportunity to coach students, and gives students a safe learning environment in which to acquire critical thinking and on-the-job skills.