JUVJ 202 - Contributing Factors to Delinquency

Institution:

Eastern University

Subject:

Juvenile Justice

Description:

This seminar course addresses some of the complex internal and external risk factors that contribute toward delinquency, including the impact of dysfunctional family systems, over-stressed communities, learning and mental health issues, trauma, racial tension and disproportional minority confinement gangs, criminal thinking patterns, institutionalization and poverty. Attention will be given to healthy adolescent development and the impact of both internal and external risk factors upon natural human development.

Credits:

1.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.eastern.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 341-5800

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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