RSU
SOC
3023 Juvenile Delinquency, section 001
Fall 2002
| Professor: David Newcomb, PhD. | Email:
dnewcomb@rsu.edu |
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| Phone:
343-7544 Office: 307 Prep Hall |
Office Hours: | M
&W: |
8:00 - 10:00 a.m. 2:00- 4:00 p.m. |
| T & R: | 2:00pm- 4:00pm | ||
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BY
APPOINTMENT |
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Text:
Juvenile Delinquency by Trojanowicz, Morash, and Schram.
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OBJECTIVE OF CLASS: Each student will develop a sociological understanding of juvenile delinquency: that is the terms, concepts, perspectives and theories used by sociologists to better understand the social phenomenon juvenile delinquency.
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Grades:
Student's final grade will be based on the following formula:
| four tests(10%/per test).…….. | 40% |
| attendance & participation.…….. | 20% |
| applied paper.............…....... | 20% |
| comprehensive final exam..…..... | 20% |
| 100% |
Testing:
There
will be four in-class tests, and a comprehensive final exam.
All
tests will be a combination of multiple choice, compare/contrast, and true-false
format.
***MAKE-UP
EXAMS will be detailed essay format.
Attendance &
Participation: The expectation is that you will attend every class
and take an active part is discussions. Our weekly class time will be divided
into a lecture session and small group sessions. Group members will evaluate
each other's participation. Perfect
attendance and strong participation will earn the full 20% of grade.
Perfect attendance and very weak participation = 10% of grade.
For each absence, a loss of 2% points will occur.
Applied
Paper: An
applied paper, 7 to 10 pages in length, will be due November 20th .
Each student is to meet with me during office hours for approval of topic
by September 18th.
Sociological terms, concepts, and ideas are to be applied to your topic.
An in class presentation involving a brief informal overview of paper is
expected (25% of grade on paper will be based on presentation).
FORMAT FOR CLASS DISCUSSION:
WEEK
1.
(8/21) Chapter
1. "Issues in Understanding Juvenile
Delinquency"
2.
(8/28) Chapter
2. "Delinquents In and Out of the
Juvenile Justice System"
3.
(9/4)
Labor Day Holiday (Monday: 3rd)
Chapter 3. "Biological
and Psychological Explanations of Delinquency"
4.
(9/11) *****
TEST 1. *****
(Wednesday: 11th)
Chapter 4. "Sociological
Explanations of Delinquency"
5.
(9/18) Chapter
5. "The Adolescent"
6.
(9/25) Chapter
6. "The Family and Juvenile
Delinquency"
7.
(10/2) *****
TEST 2. *****(Wednesday: 2nd)
Chapter 7. "Schools,
Peers, and Gangs"
8.
(10/9) Chapter 8. "Handling
the Juvenile Delinquent"
9.
(10/16) Chapter 9. "Prevention and Diversion"
FALL BREAK (17th-18th)
10.
(10/23) ***** TEST3.*****
(Wednesday: 23rd)
Chapter 10. "Intermediate
Sanctions and Alternatives to Institutions for Juveniles"
11.
(10/30) Chapter 11. "Institutions for Juveniles"
12.
(11/6) Chapter 12. "Methods of Treatment"
13.
(11/13) ***** TEST4.*****
(Wednesday: 13th)
Chapter 13. "Delinquency
Control - A Look to the Future"
14.
(11/20) Papers are due (11/20)
In class presentations of papers begin
15.
(11/2) THANKSGIVING
BREAK (27th-29th)
16.
(12/4) In class
presentations of papers continue
Last class
December 10th-13th: Finals Week
*****COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM*****
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Academic Misconduct
"Students
are expected to follow university policies as put forth in the institution’s Student’s
Code of Responsibilities and Conduct.
In
accordance with Title
12
of The
Student Code (page
11), instances of alleged academic misconduct will follow the policies and
procedures AS DESCRIBED IN Title
12.
As a general rule, Faculty at Rogers State University have the
responsibility of enforcing the academic code. Therefore, if academic misconduct
is suspected I will submit a letter of alleged misconduct to the Office
of Student Affairs.
It is the responsibility of each student to read and become familiar with the
policies of The
Student Code."
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Warning:
Being
an upper division class, Social Ethics will be conducted as a seminar
class, meaning that my expectation is that you will read material on schedule
and be ready to discuss it in class.