CJAD330 - Juvenile Justice & Delinquency

Description:
This course will address the history of the U.S. juvenile justice system and the nature and extent of youth crime. It will focus on the correlates and theoretical perspectives used to explain juvenile delinquency all within a framework of current research and strategies used to prevent, treat, and control youth crime. Students will analyze and apply these concepts to the structure within which juveniles are taken into custody, treated, processed, rehabilitated or punished in an integrated and collaborative environment. Finally, students will examine basic criminal justice research methods and the role of science and inquiry in criminal justice.

Outcomes:

• Discuss the U.S. juvenile justice system from past to present
• Explain the concept and consequences of delinquency
• Analyze the environmental impacts that are correlated with juvenile offending
• Discuss the importance and of role scientific research in criminal justice
• Compare and contrast theoretical frameworks of juvenile delinquency and their strengths and weaknesses
• Examine the juvenile justice process from arrest to disposition

Required Text(s):

• Siegel, L. J., & Welsh, B. C. (2015). Juvenile delinquency: Theory, practice, and law (12th ed.). ISBN: 9781285458403 (print), 9781285974705 (e-text)