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2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

SOC 3360 - Juvenile Delinquency (3)

When Offered: Spring
A study of the history and development of the juvenile correctional system as part of the larger juvenile justice system. Includes definitions of delinquency, a survey of various theoretical approaches to delinquency causation and punishment, a comparison of the juvenile and adult systems of correction and an overview of the special problems of juvenile offenders.