Sociology 119                                                                                                                        Juvenile Delinquency

Spring 2003                                                                                                                            Dr. Williams

               DATE

TOPIC

READINGS
     

Jan.

  

  9

  

Introduction

S1

  
             
 

14

16

  

The Nature and Extent of Delinquency

S2; SS 3

  
             
 

21

23

  

Theories of Delinquency – Individual & Sociological

S3-4

  
             
 

28

30

  

Theories of Delinquency – Developmental

SS5; M 1-3

  
             

Feb.

  4

  6

  

Girls, Gangs, and Gender

M4, 6-9

  
             
 

11

    

Gender and Delinquency

S6

  
             
   

13

  

EXAMINATION I

    
             
 

18

20*

  

The Family and Delinquency

S7;

 
             
 

25*

27

  

Peers and Delinquency

S8; WB 1, 3-4

  
           

Mar.

  4*

  6

  

Schools and Delinquency

S9; WB 5-7
     

SPRING RECESS

    
     
 

18

    

Drug Use and Delinquency

S10; WB 8-10

  
             
   

20

  

EXAMINATION II

    
             
 

25

27*

  

Juvenile Justice History and Philosophy

S11; WB 11-12

  
             

Apr.

  1

  3*

  

Police and Juveniles

S12

  
             
 

  8*

10

  

Juvenile Court and Juvenile Corrections

S 13-14;

  
             
 

15

17

  

Preventing Serious and Chronic Juvenile Delinquency

SK Intro, 1-13, Appendix A

  
             
 

22

    

Review

    
             

Texts:  S    = Siegel.  Juvenile Delinquency: The Core.  2002.

            M   = Miller.  One of the Guys: Girls, Gangs, and Gender.  2001.

            SK  = Schumacher and Kurz.  The 8% Solution.  2000.

            WB = Wooden and Blazak.  Renegade Kids, Suburban Outlaws.  2nd edition.  2001.

            SS  = Snyder and Sickmund.  Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1999 National Report.  1999.

                    [NCJ #178257.  Web site access: www.ncjrs.org/.  Use NCJ# to get to PDF file.]

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Grade weights for the course:  Exam I - .27;  Exam II - .33;  Final Exam - .34;  Debate - .06

Final examination:  Tuesday, April 29, 2003.  2:00-5:00pm