Juvenile Delinquency

Sociology 3315
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
UMD

Reading Schedule
June 15	Introduction; What should be done with BIll? Definitions and Concepts
June 16	The history of childhood and delinquency.	Ch. 1 & 12 Infanticide Sample questions
June 17	Definitions of Sources Extent and nature	Ch. 2 Uniform Crime Report Office of Juvenile Justice and and Delinquency Prevention Kid's Page National Criminal Justice Reference Service NIBRS Explanation
June 18	Streetwise (92 min) VC 1010	StreetWise, the book and pictures
June 19	Discussion of Streetwise Finish discussion of Extent & Nature
June 22	First Exam
June 23	Theories of Delinquency Individual	Ch. 3
June 24	Theories of Delinquency Social Structure	Ch. 4
June 25	Children of Violence (56 min) VC 735
June 26	Theories of Delinquency Social Process Differential Association Theory Neutralization Theory Future Risk (28 min) VC 2628	Ch. 5
June 29	Theories of Delinquency Labeling & Conflict	Ch. 6
June 30	Second Exam
July 1	Gender and Delinquency Girls in the Hood	Ch. 7
July 2	Families and Delinquency Families and Crime (29 min) VC 1307	Ch. 8
July 3 & 6	No Class on these days, 4th of July weekend
July 7	L.A. Gangs
July 8th & 9th	Gangs	Ch. 9
July 10	School and Delinquency Weapons Drugs: Gangs (29 min)	Ch. 10-11 VIOLENCE IN SCHOOL
July 15	Third Exam
July 14	Old Enough to Do Time (55 min) VC 560
July 15	Police Terms	Ch. 13
July 16	Courts	Ch. 14-15
July 17 & 20	Punishments Corrections Woodland Hills (30 min) VC 2830	Ch. 16-17
July 21	; Good Luck

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