Juvenile Justice

Catalog description

This course serves as an introduction to the juvenile justice system, and examines issues and trends associated with the entry, processing, adjudication, and release of youth through the system at a graduate student level. The course reviews the historical development of a separate juvenile justice system in the United States, and explores the foundation of the separate system. Additional topics include defining delinquency, processing of youth through the system, juvenile justice administration, juvenile justice policy considerations, and critical issues in juvenile justice (e.g., race, gender, poverty, sentencing).