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Juvenile Delinquency

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
1/27/25 - 5/14/25
TuTh 11a.m. – 12:15p.m.
McCormack M03-0407 3 $1984 (guest students)
Date
1/27/25 - 5/14/25
Time
TuTh 11a.m. – 12:15p.m.
Location
McCormack M03-0407
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$1984 (guest students)

Description

This course considers how juvenile delinquency is defined and socially constructed. Students will explore a variety of perspective that help us understand juvenile delinquency, such as social process theories, social structural theories, and critical theories. This course considers the realities and challenges that youth experience in a variety of contexts such as the family, school, peers, and gangs. In addition, consideration is given to how society responds to youth who violate social norms and the historical contexts of juvenile justice policy and practices.

Prerequisites

SOCIOL 101 and SOCIOL 262. Sociology Majors are also required to have completed SOCIOL 102

This course is closed for registration.

Course Details