I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Juvenile Justice
2. Course Prefix & Number:
CRJU 1104
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This course will cover the study of juvenile delinquency, the theories of causation, and the methods of corrections. It will examine the MN juvenile court and correctional systems. This course will emphasize topic areas which include constitutional protections for juveniles, laws and procedures regarding child abuse, sexual abuse, child neglect, juvenile records, and the juvenile court process. In addition, it will examine structural racism and how it impacts youth of color.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
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6. Prerequisite Courses:
CRJU 1104 - Juvenile Justice
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
CRJU 1104 - Juvenile Justice
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
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Name of Institution
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Course Number and Title
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Credits
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Hibbing Community College
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LAW 1538 Juvenile Justice
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3
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2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:
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Name of Institution
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Date of Acceptance
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Discipline/Area/Program of Transfer
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Bemidji State University
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February 2023
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Criminal Justice
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St. Cloud State University
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III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
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Name of Program(s)
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Program Type
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Criminal Justice
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AAS
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Criminal Justice
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Certificate
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Natural Resources Law Enforcement
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AAS
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IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Describe and discuss chapter material during lectures in class. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Explain who are mandated reporters;
- Explain approaches to treatment and prevention/and court processes for youth;
- Examine the history of the juvenile justice system;
- Explain theories and crime causations; and
- Explain structural racism and how it impacts children/youth of color
- Identify institutional dynamics of the juvenile justice system and how it challenges/contributes to racial oppression and unequal power/treatment.
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
1. An overview of the Juvenile Justice System
- Juvenile justice: Definitions, measurements and process
- Juvenile justice terminology versus adult terminology
- The history and philosophy behind the juvenile justice system
Theories of delinquency and juvenile offending
1. Our Nation’s Youths
- Youth in society: Developmental Risk and Protective Factors
- Three Levels of Maltreatment
- Juvenile Victims: The seriousness of the problem
- Indicators of Neglect
- Child abuse and neglect laws
- Indicators of physical abuse
- Indicators of emotional abuse
- The causes of abuse
- Domestic and family violence
- Child abuse and the link to delinquency
- Child Sexual Harassment and abuse
- Child sexual abuse and the internet
- Indicators of sexual abuse
- The consequences of being sexually abused
- Cultural values and sexual abuse
- The issue of credibility
- Examine the challenges youth face who have experienced racial oppression as it intersects with gender, class, sexuality, identity and disabilities.
- Children and youths as victims of crimes and violence
- Missing and exploited children
- Missing Benign Explanation
- Missing involuntary, lost or injured
- Runaway/thrown away
- Nonfamily abduction
- Stereotypical kidnapping
- Family abduction
- A Child Abduction response team
- Amber alert
- Youth Suicide
- Juvenile Offenders
- Youth Gangs
2. The Contemporary Juvenile Justice System
- The Police and Juveniles
- Pretrial Services and Diversion
- The Juvenile Court
Juvenile Corrections
1. The Juvenile Justice System
- Preventing delinquency and Recidivism
- Status Offenders and offenses
- Running away
- Truancy
- Curfew violations
- Early substance use
- Other problem behaviors
- Juvenile delinquents and delinquency
- Property offenses committed by juveniles
- Violent crime committed by juveniles
- Profile of delinquency
- Age trends
- Female delinquents
- People of color
- Co-offending
- Serious, Chronic, and Violent offenders
- Serious Child delinquents
- Chronic juvenile offenders and recidivism
- Violent juvenile offenders
- Predictors of youth violence
- Myths and youth violence
Juvenile Justice The crossroads: The accelerating call for reform