{"id":14576,"date":"2024-10-30T16:16:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T08:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/?page_id=14576"},"modified":"2026-02-07T12:46:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T04:46:02","slug":"professional-certificate-in-correctional","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/professional-certificate-in-correctional\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Certificate in Correctional"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\t\tContinuing Education & Training\n\t<\/h2>\n

\n\t\tProfessional Certificate in Correctional Management\n\t<\/h1>\n\t

The Professional Certificate in Correctional Management equips learners with a comprehensive understanding of the sociological rationale for punishment, crime prevention, and offender rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tProgramme Structure of the Professional Certificate (PC) in Correctional Management\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\"PCCM1_1-e1733365664931\"\n\t

Core courses<\/strong> (learner to complete\u00a0all three<\/strong>)<\/p>\n1. Process & Punishment
\n2. Multicultural Sensitivity in Corrections
\n3. Enhancing Ethical Reasoning in Corrections\n

Elective courses<\/strong> (learner to choose\u00a0at least one<\/strong>)<\/p>\n1. Incorporating desistance-informed theories in offender case management
\n2. Understanding Underlying Emotions in Reintegration Work\n

\n\t\tCore Course (3 compulsory)\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\"scott-graham-OQMZwNd3ThU-unsplash\"\n\t\t\t
Department of Sociology and Anthropology<\/h5>

Enhancing Ethical Reasoning in Corrections<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t

Learning Outcomes:<\/strong>
In this course, participants will learn the larger socio-legal and ethical issues behind decision making. Participants will also learn a range of decision-making models and how to systematically think through ethical dilemmas.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFind Out More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"tingey-injury-law-firm-veNb0DDegzE-unsplash\"\n\t\t\t

Department of Social Work<\/h5>

Process and Punishment<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t

Learning Outcomes:<\/strong>
The course will introduce participants to the sociological and psychological issues relating to incarceration and their impact on the processes of prisonization, prisoner identity construction and management, and subsequent reintegration into society, while also examining the broader implications for community dynamics and criminal justice reform.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFind Out More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"charles-postiaux-efkSReIxQAw-unsplash\"\n\t\t\t

Department of Social Work<\/h5>

Multicultural Sensitivity in Corrections<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t

Learning Outcomes:<\/strong>
This workshop is intended to be interactive, experiential and reflective. Learning will be derived from experiential exercises, case discussions, personal and group-level reflections, role-plays, demonstrations, stories as well as some short lecture vignettes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFind Out More\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\tElectives (Learners to choose 1) \n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\"hannah-busing-Zyx1bK9mqmA-unsplash\n\t\t\t
Department of Social Work<\/h5>

Incorporating Desistance-informed Theories in Offender Case Management Management<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t

Learning Outcomes:<\/strong>
The programme will equip participants with the theoretical and practical knowledge of case formulation and reflective practice, and work on the participants’ competencies in client and intervention understanding, reflective practice and problemsolving skills.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTBC\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"mimi-thian-LVooQvKjLjw-unsplash\"\n\t\t\t

Department of Social Work<\/h5>

Understanding Underlying Emotions in Reintegration Work<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t

Learning Outcomes:<\/strong>
This course offers an in-depth exploration of how this emotion manifests both physically and mentally. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the physiological and psychological mechanisms behind the emotion, including how it is triggered, sustained, and expressed. The module will also highlight various techniques and approaches to help clients recognize, process, and regulate this emotion more effectively<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTBC\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\tCandidature Period and Award of Certificate\n\t<\/h2>\n\t

The maximum candidature period that learners have to complete all component courses in order to be awarded the Professional Certificate (PC) is 36 months, which begins from the time of the first course read for this PC. The component courses can be taken in any order. Learners will be awarded the PC when they successfully complete all required component courses (all three core courses and at least one elective course), and apply to the NUS Department of Social Work for the PC.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Continuing Education & Training Professional Certificate in Correctional Management The Professional Certificate in Correctional Management equips learners with a comprehensive understanding of the sociological rationale for punishment, crime prevention, and offender rehabilitation. Programme Structure of the Professional Certificate (PC) in Correctional Management Core courses (learner to complete\u00a0all three) 1. Process & Punishment 2. Multicultural Sensitivity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":322,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14576","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/322"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14576"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17065,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14576\/revisions\/17065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}