4141
Delinquency
SYLLABUS AND ASSIGNMENTSLECTURE SLIDES [note: links available prior to lecture]
1. Jan 22 Introduction: Welcome!
2. Jan 24 Defining and Measuring Delinquency [guest, but may get started on this]
3. Jan 29 Extent and Nature of Delinquency: Official Statistics [handout]
4. Jan 31 Extent and Nature of Delinquency: Self-Reports and Victimization [handout]
5. Feb 5 Cobain and Careers
6. Feb 7 Transition: From Correlates to Causal Models
8. Feb 12 Rational Choice and Deterrence
9. Feb 14 Differential Association
10. Feb 19 Social Control and Self Control
11. Feb 21 Exercise: Differential Association v. Social Control
12. Feb 26 Labeling and Diversion
13. Feb 28 Summary and Review: Social-Psychological Theories & Data
14. Mar 4 Introduction: Gangs and Ghetto Poor
15. Mar 6 Midterm Exam
16. Mar 11 Gangs, Neighborhoods, and Social Disorganization [film: angels with dirty faces]
17. Mar 13 Social Structural Theories: Social Disorganization
18. Mar 18 SPRING BREAK: no class
19. Mar 20 SPRING BREAK: no class
20. Mar 25 Social Structural Theories: Anomie
21. Mar 27 Social Structure: Opportunity and Subculture
22. Apr 1 Social Structure: Conflict and Marxian
23. Apr 3 Gender, Social Structure, and Power-Control Theory
24. Apr 8 Prevention and Introduction to Juvenile Justice
25. Apr 10 The Juvenile Justice System and the "Gender Gap"
26. Apr 15 Police and Juvenile Court
27. Apr 17 Site Visit - arrive at MCF-Red Wing by 9:15 for 9:30 tour [no class]
28. Apr 22 Debriefing and Paper Workshop [bring rough draft of paper to class]
29. Apr 24 Probation
30. Apr 29 Institutionalization
31. May 1 Proposals and Recommendations
32. May 6 Class Discussion & Review
33. May 8 Second midterm examination
34. May 16 Alternative examination (option): 8-10 am
INTERNSHIP/JOB LINKS
Minnesota Department of Corrections - Internships
Minnesota Department of Corrections - Jobs
Hennepin County (Minneapolis) - Current Openings
Ramsey County (St. Paul) - Current Openings
Dakota County - Current Openings
Anoka County - Current Openings
City of Minneapolis - Current Openings
City of St. Paul - Current Openings
University of Minnesota - Student Job PostingsCouncil on Crime and Justice - Volunteer
Council on Crime and Justice - Jobs
REFERENCE LINKS
Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising (summary)[complete]
Washington State Institute for Public Policy
Blueprints for Violence Prevention
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Minnesota Planning Criminal Justice Information
Minnesota Department of Corrections
Hennepin County (Minneapolis) Law, Public Safety, & CourtsJUVENILE JUSTICE LINKS
Minnesota Juvenile Code (Ch. 260, 260A, 260B, 260C) (enter chapter number)
National Center for Juvenile Justice
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Center on Juvenile & Criminal Justice
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