Juvenile Delinquency

Catalog description

This course is designed to introduce the student to the problem of juvenile delinquency and the impact it has on the criminal justice system. Students will explore the different views of delinquency from an individual, sociological, and developmental aspect as well as other factors such as gender, family, peers, drugs, and gangs. This course will also focus on the criminal justice system response to delinquency by exploring the roles of prevention and how the police, courts, and corrections address the problem of delinquency in the United States.