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  • Descriptor Title
    Juvenile Procedures
  • C-ID Number
    220
  • Units
    3.0
  • Date of Last Revision
    2/26/2025 08:06:04 AM PST

General Description

This course is an examination of the origin, development, and organization of the Juvenile Justice System as it evolved in the American Justice System.  The course explores the theories that focuses on Juvenile Law, courts and processes, and the constitutional protections extended to juveniles administered in the American Justice System.

Prerequisites

No information provided

Corequisites

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Advisories

Eligibility for Engl 100 or ESL 100

Content

History of the Juvenile Justice System

Measuring Juvenile Delinquency – UCR and /or victimization surveys

California Laws relating to Juvenile Delinquency and Dependency

Constitutional protections afforded to Juveniles through Judicial decisions.

Juvenile Court Procedures vs Adult Court Procedures

Juvenile Court Dispositions

Lab Activities

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Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Critically analyze and describe the juvenile justice system and its context in the criminal justice system.

Apply California laws pertaining to juvenile delinquency and dependency to case studies.

Critically distinguish between delinquency, status offenses, and dependency.

Critically Analyze the distinctions between the adult and juvenile justice systems.

Critically evaluate Constitutional protections extended to juveniles through judicial decisions.

Critically appraise the Juvenile Court  Dispositions.

Evaluation Methods

Written exams and quizzes

Essays

Research projects

Writing Assignments

Textbooks

Juvenile Justice in America, Bartollas, 2014, 7th Ed.

The Juvenile Justice System, Dean Champion, et al, 2016, 8th Ed.

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