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Dec 25, 2025
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SOC 272 - Youth, Social Policy, and the Criminal Justice System
Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
Theoretical and 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 delinquency; 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.
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