SSCI 3027U – Youth Crime

This course attempts to place the study of youthful offending within a broad context. Youth violence will be examined as both a social phenomenon and a policy problem. This will include a discussion of issues such as adolescent firearm possession and use, standards for sentencing youth as adults and legal sanctions for adolescents who kill.
Formerly: Youth, Crime and Violence
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): (two of SSCI 2900U or SSCI 2910U or SSCI 2920U or LGLS 2940U), (two of SSCI 2820U or SSCI 2830U or SSCI 2850U or LGLS 2200U or PSYC 2030U)