Jul 04, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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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.
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