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CRJ 216 JUVENILE LAW AND PROCEDURES

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8. COURSE OUTLINE
  Tentative Schedule
  UNIT 1 ORIENTATION:  THE NATURE OF DELINQUENCY
  UNIT 2 MEASURING JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
  UNIT 3 DELINQUENCY THROUGH THE LIFE COURSE
  UNIT 4 CHOICE, BIOSOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES
  UNIT 5 SOCIAL STRUCTURE THEORIES
  UNIT 6 SOCIAL PROCESS THEORIES
  UNIT 7 SOCIAL REACTION THEORIES
  UNIT 8 THEORIES OF FEMALE DELINQUENCY
  UNIT 9 THE FAMILY AND DELINQUENCY
  UNIT 10 PEERS AND DELINQUENCY
  UNIT 11 SCHOOLS AND DELINQUENCY
  UNIT 12 DRUGS AND DELINQUENCY
  UNIT 13 THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF JUVENILE JUSTICE
  UNIT 14 AN OVERVIEW OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM
  UNIT 15 CONTROLLING JUVENILE OFFENDERS
  UNIT 16 PRETRIAL PROCEDURES
  UNIT 17 THE JUVENILE TRIAL AND DISPOSITION
  UNIT 18 JUVENILE PROBATION AND COMMUNITY TREATMENT
  UNIT 19 JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS
     
  Text: Juvenile Delinquency, Siegel & Senna
     
  Chapter 1: Childhood and Delinquency                                                pg. 1
  Chapter 2: The Nature and Extent of Delinquency                                pg. 36
  Chapter 7: Gender and Delinquency                                                    pg. 241
  Chapter 8: The Family and Delinquency                                              pg. 273
  Chapter 9: Peers and Delinquency                                                       pg. 317
  Chapter 10: Schools and Delinquency                                                   pg. 358
  Chapter 11: Drug Use and Delinquency                                                 pg. 395
  Chapter 12: History and Development of Juvenile Justice                       pg. 431
  Chapter 13: Police Work with Juveniles                                                pg. 471
  Chapter 14: Pretrial Procedures                                                            pg. 507
  Chapter 15: Juvenile Trial and Disposition                                             pg. 546
  Chapter 16: Juvenile Probation & Community Treatment                      pg. 595
  Chapter 17: Institutions for Juveniles                                                     pg. 626