SOC 4141 is also offered in Fall 2022
SOC 4141 is also offered in Fall 2021
Spring 2016 | SOC 4141 Section 001: Juvenile Delinquency (67764)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 255
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Childhood/delinquency. Measuring extent/distribution of delinquent behavior. Applying theories to relationships within family, school, peer group. Institutional responses to delinquency. Evaluating programs for treatment, prevention, control. prereq: [3101 or 3102 or 3111 or instr consent], soc majors/minors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Click this link for more detailed information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?uggen001+SOC4141+Spring2016
- Class Description:
- This course presents an overview of sociological theory and research on juvenile delinquency. We start with a critical examination of the social facts surrounding the measurement, extent, and distribution of delinquency. Next we study some of the principal sociological explanations of delinquent behavior. These theories provide conceptual tools for analyzing monographs detailing delinquency among diverse groups of young people. We conclude by analyzing some of the key programs implemented in attempts to reduce delinquency. Course objectives: 1) To understand the way that delinquency is currently measured and the extent and distribution of delinquent behavior according to these measures; 2) To gain a working knowledge of the major sociological theories used to explain delinquency; 3) To apply the conceptual tools of these theories to selected case studies; and, 4) To critically evaluate concrete policy responses to delinquency.
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
30% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
10% Class Participation
- Exam Format:
- Mixed
- Class Format:
- 50% Lecture
5% Film/Video
30% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
5% Field Trips
5% Web Based
- Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per Week
20 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67764/1163
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141H_Fall2021.pdf (Fall 2021)
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/uggen001_SOC4141_Fall2020.pdf (Fall 2020)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 April 2013
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2016 Sociology Classes