Causes and Control of Juvenile Delinquency

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This course will explore key issues in the study of juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice. The course will focus on theoretical perspectives that the field of criminology uses to explain individual differences in juvenile delinquency, current research and rationale on how the criminal justice system should respond to juvenile delinquency, and the implications that societal social constructions of childhood and adolescence have on the criminal justice system.