SOC 3630 - Juvenile Delinquency

This course examines the social forces that shape the social control of children and adolescents and produce juvenile delinquency. Topics include but are not limited to: the history and social construction of youth and adolescence in the United States, the history of the juvenile justice system, the age-crime relationship, the empirically established predictors of behavior problems and youth crime, and a survey of juvenile justice programs and policies.

Requisites: SOC 2600
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

To critique anti-delinquency policies and the juvenile justice system.
To gain an understanding of the manner in which social structure contributes to juvenile delinquency by producing and reproducing economic and political inequalities.
To introduce students to the processes through which juvenile delinquency is defined, measured, and responded to through informal and formal channels of control and support.
To sensitize students to the major theoretical perspectives and scientific research methods used to study juvenile delinquency.

Ohio University

Ohio University

SOC 3630 - Juvenile Delinquency