Dealing with Stealing Class

This class series consists of 8, two-hour classes held on Thursdays from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the SFTCC classroom. Offenders are charged $160.00, and they are given a certificate of completion after actively participating in 8 classes. When a series of classes is completed, another series is begun. The class includes PowerPoint presentations, informal discussion, question and answer periods, chalkboard illustrations, handouts, workbooks, personal testimonials, and letters of apology to victims. Patrick Klecker facilitates the class.

The classes are cognitive-based, and cover the following subject areas:
• The actual crime
• Attitudes, values and beliefs that influence behaviors
• Responsibility
• Victim/perpetrator issues
• Trust and reestablishing lost trust
• Stress management
• Goal setting
• Problem solving
• Choices and consequences

Class participants are required to take a pretest at the time of enrollment and a posttest upon successful completion of the class. This is an interactive course in which participants’ understanding will also be reflected in their participation in class discussion and documentation in their workbooks. There is further documentation through an exit survey obtained from each participant at the end of the last class.