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Dec 21, 2024
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MCCC College Catalog 2024-2025
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CRJ 252 - Juvenile Delinquency
Credit Hours: 3
Billable Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites: RDG 090 and ENGL 090 or qualifying scores on accepted placement tests
MTA Social Sciences Satisfier Y
Session Cycle: FL
This course examines juvenile delinquency and the juvenile justice system in the United States. Students will be exposed to the theories that help understand the development of delinquency within the context of individuals, families and communities. This course will address some of the issues that face the juvenile justice system. Such issues include adolescent brain development, poverty, child maltreatment, substance abuse, mental health, incarceration, peer relationships, evidence-based interventions and the role of ideology in juvenile justice policy. The student will see both the legal and procedural differences between the adult and juvenile justice systems and understand the reasoning for the changes.
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