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CRJU 255 - Juvenile Delinquency

(3 credits) Cross Listed with SOCI 255
Prerequisite: SOCI 102 or CRJU 101; or consent of instructor
This course includes the analysis of the nature and types of juvenile behavior that violates law; the mechanisms of defining such behavior as delinquent; and the relationship between delinquency and the social situations of juvenile offenders. Offered fall semester. (Formerly CRJU/SOCI 355)