SOC 055 PZ -Juvenile Delinquency

Institution: Pitzer

Description: Should juveniles be punished for heinous crimes with adult jail time? Is rehabilitation truly a possibility for young people who follow their friends and/or family members into crime? Does juvenile delinquency predict a lifetime of adult criminal activity? These are just a few of the questions we will tackle in this course about the nature of delinquency, its perpetrators, and its trends in the U.S.