SOC4142: Adolescents and the Legal System

3 Credits

This is a course covers the legal and social statuses of juveniles in our society. A recurrent theme is the power relationships among minors, their families, social institutions, and the legal system. Issues dealing with delinquent behavior are discussed in terms of different behaviors with which a juvenile justice system has to deal, such as the matter of certification to adult courts, the procedures in different jurisdictions for such matters, and death penalty issues which arose with juveniles and the consequences of several recent Supreme Court cases. prereq: soc majors/minors must register A-F

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