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SOC 220 - Juvenile Delinquency

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Traces the socio-historical discovery of childhood and the social and cultural construction of adolescence and delinquency. Drawing from various bodies of social thought, the extent, nature, and social location of delinquent behavior is investigated. Current changes in juvenile justice are critically analyzed relative to the impact of theory on social policy and future implications for childhood, adolescence and juvenile (in)justice. Fall.