Description
This course offers a multi-disciplinary introduction to the origin, character and scope of juvenile delinquent behavior and society's attempts to define, prevent and control delinquency. Major theories of juvenile delinquency identification, causation, control, classification and social reaction are identified and examined. Juvenile courts, police, social workers, media and other actors are identifying, classifying and responding to delinquents are examined, compared and contrasted during the course.