• Examine the rates of substance-involved inmates in the criminal justice and identify rates of arrests, convictions, and recidivism for these populations.
• Evaluate the role of race and ethnicity, and how social factors such as income, education, age, and family history impact substance abuse among criminal offenders.
• Identify particular populations and problems needing special services in criminal justice settings
• Identify components of effective substance abuse treatment within criminal justice settings.
• Determine how to overcome barriers to treatment within prison populations
• Recognize practical steps that government and criminal justice systems can take to combat substance abuse.

• Identify the administrative, organizational, and ethical issues relevant to Mental Health Services in a correctional setting.
• Identify typical offender problems in many correctional systems and how they are customarily managed.
• Explain various clinical and consultative activities offered by mental health professionals within correctional settings.
• Learn about professions in correctional mental health
• Differentiate between level 1, 2 and 3 services in correctional mental health
• Identify common challenges for mental health professionals working in the corrections field
• Define and learn to identify malingering and the reasons/benefits for it

Learner Objectives:

1. Identify the administrative, organizational, and ethical issues relevant to Mental Health Services in a correctional setting.
2. Identify typical offender problems in many correctional systems and how they are customarily managed.
3. Explain various clinical and consultative activities offered by mental health professionals within correctional settings.