SOC 221 - Juvenile Delinquency

4 Credit(s)

Prerequisite(s): WR 115 or designated placement.

Course Description: This course presents a philosophical, historical, and practical survey of juvenile justice administration in the United States. In the context of an interdisciplinary framework, theories, factors, and characteristics of delinquency will be presented and treatment and delinquency prevention programs will be surveyed. Course is cross-listed with CJ 201.

Course Level: Lower Division Collegiate

Course Learning Outcomes:

CLO#1: Describe concepts, structures, and characteristics of the juvenile justice system and its components. (ILO: Communication)
CLO#2: Identify and utilize key sources of information useful in studying the juvenile justice field.
CLO#3: Debate current issues associated with the administration of juvenile justice.
CLO#4: Describe or define distinctions between the juvenile and adult justice system and know the roles of police, courts, and corrections in responding to and preventing delinquency. (ILO: Communication)
CLO#5: Express the relationship of social institutions to delinquency.
CLO#6: Establish the relationship between theories of delinquency causation and programs and policy developed to prevent delinquency.
CLO#7: Explain historical and philosophical influences on the development of juvenile justice administration in the United States.
CLO#8: Recognize the importance of integrating social, education, civic, religious, and legal resources in an attempt to prevent criminality among youth.
CLO#9: Examine the basic values that are the foundation of the juvenile justice system and appreciate how changing values in society influence the justice system’s response to juvenile crime.
CLO#10: Research applications of Oregon Revised Statutes that apply to delinquent behavior and punishment of youths.
CLO#11: Explain the organizational, structural and networking attributes among Oregon governmental and private sector correctional interventions.