SOC 272 - Youth, Social Policy, and the Criminal Justice System
Semester Hours:3Periodically
Theoretical amd empirical analyses of the social forces that bring
youth in contact with the juvenile justice system in the United States.
Topics include: defining juvenile crime and deliquency; identifying
structural and cultural sources of youth incarceration; assessing the
effectiveness of alternative preventive and social control strategies;
and analyzing the broader social consequences of incarceration.
Students will conduct diagnostic and evaluative research on related
topics.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes: (Formerly Sociology of Juvenile Corrections.)