Juvenile Justice Procedures

Catalog description

Three lecture. History and development of juvenile procedures and institutions. Students will be able to: demonstrate by their scores on written assignments and exams, mastery of the basic concepts of juvenile law/legal issues necessary to perform the following: problem solving techniques; instruction interpretation; understanding of criminal justice vocabulary; explain the structural issues of delinquency causation; how a given agency develops an on going system to keep personnel current with the latest literature studies training and educational purposes addressing J.D.; describe the management and organizational processes which affect policy related to the juvenile justice system; describe the impact which the choice of a particular delinquency prevention system can have on outcomes in a given set of circumstances i.e: a case to analyze.