WNC Catalog 2007-2008: Criminal Justice 226
Course Description and Outline |
CRJ 226: Prevention & Control of Delinquency
| Credits |
3 |
| Schedule of Classes |
Schedule History
(See when this course was offered over the last 3 years) |
| Academic Discipline |
Criminal Justice
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| Academic Division |
Social Science, Education, Humanities & Public Service |
| Prerequisites |
CRJ 155 |
| Recommended |
CRJ 101 |
| Transfer Information |
Courses with numbers 100 to 299: This course is designed to apply toward a WNC degree and/or transfer to other schools within the Nevada System of Higher Education, depending on the degree chosen and other courses completed. It may transfer to colleges and universities outside Nevada. For information about how this course can transfer and apply to your program of study, please contact a counselor. |
2007-2008 | I : Catalog Course Description |
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| Surveys and evaluates police programs designed to prevent juvenile delinquency. Covers techniques of enforcement related to control of delinquency, investigation procedures in individual delinquency cases, and methods of referral to related agencies. |
| II : Course Objectives |
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- Identify the laws of delinquency
- Associate juvenile misbehavior and official delinquency
- Define official delinquency
- Analyze victimization surveys
- Categorize social class, race, and delinquency
- Locate delinquency patterns and delinquent careers
- Define status offenses
- Discuss violent offenders, loners, groups, and gangs
- Summarize explanations, theories, and research
- Analyze the social structural approaches
- Evaluate the social control perspective
- Define middle-class and female delinquency
- Identify cultural conflict theories of delinquency
- Assess social learning theories
- Organize an overview of the juvenile justice system
- Define the contemporary juvenile court
- Defend the procedural justice for juveniles
- Follow a case through the juvenile justice process
- Defend the correctional processing and correctional treatment for juveniles
- Analyze correctional programs for juveniles and the results
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| III : Course Linkage |
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| Linkage of course to educational program mission and at least one educational program outcome. |
Analysis:
Demonstrate Knowledge of appropriate critical thinking skills.
Community Commitment:
Appreciate the value and importance of diversity and public service.
Communication:
College-level writing skills
College-level reading skills |
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