Working with Juvenile Offenders: Treatment Implications and Interventions

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Through this course, students will sharpen their skills in critical thinking and achieve a higher level of understanding on issues confronting this most criminogenic population of any given society. In addition to the emphasis on multiple perspectives on the origin and nature of juvenile delinquency and corresponding social interventions, students. Techniques involved in counseling adult and juvenile offenders. Emphasis is on development of effective communication models and treatment oriented programs for counseling clients in a correctional environment. Focus is on development of rapport with court directed and court committed adult and juvenile offenders