Note that assignments are due based on the eastern time zone (ET). This ensures that all students have the same deadlines regardless of where they live.
Course Length: 16 weeks
Module 1: The History of Attitudes Toward Children in the U.S. and the Development of a Separate Justice System for Juveniles
Lesson 1: Antecedents to the New Juvenile Justice Court -- Major Historical Developments
Lesson 1
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- Read the Getting Started Lesson
- Read the Lesson 1 online content
- Read Chapters 1 and 2 in Sims and Preston (2006).
- Read the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Kids Count Policy Report
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| Assignments: |
- View the Getting Started Lesson and complete the following:
- Self introduction in YouSeeU
- Student Questionnaire Form
- Academic Integrity Statement
- Complete the Thought-Provoking Question Exercise.
- Take RAT 1.
- Complete the wrap-up activity: Exploration of Child Development (upload your video response to the Lesson 01 Wrap-Up Activity Assignment in YouSeeU)
- Review Peer Reviewed Article Requirements
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Lesson 2: The 19th Century Child-Saving Movement - Consideration of a Separate Justice System for Juveniles
Lesson 2
| Readings: |
- Read the Lesson 2 online content
- Read Chapters 1 and 2 in Sims and Preston (2006).
- Read Platt chapters 1 and 2 (on Library Reserve)
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- Complete the Thought-Provoking Question Exercise.
- Take RAT 2.
- Complete the wrap-up activity: Establishing Group Protocols and Selecting Research Topic
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Lesson 3: The Extension of Constitutional Rights to Juveniles
Lesson 3
| Readings: |
- Read the Lesson 3 online content
- Read Chapter 3 in Sims and Preston (2006).
- Read Roper v. Simmons (on Library Reserve)
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| Assignments: |
- Complete the Thought-Provoking Question Exercise.
- Take RAT 3.
- Complete the wrap-up activity: Peer Reviewed Article 1
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Lesson 4: Status Offenses vs. Criminal Law Violations
Lesson 4
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- Read the Lesson 4 online content
- Read Chapter 17 in Sims and Preston (2006).
- Read OJJDP Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Court (2009).
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| Assignments: |
- Complete the Thought-Provoking Question Exercise.
- Take RAT 4.
- Complete the wrap-up activity: Peer-Reviewed Article II
- Prepare for Exam I.
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Exam I
Exam I
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Module 2: The Extent and Nature of Juvenile Delinquency and Society's Reaction to Delinquency
Lesson 5: Types of Crime Committed by Youth
Lesson 5
| Readings: |
- Read the Lesson 5 online content
- Read Chapter 5 and 9 in Sims and Preston (2006).
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| Assignments: |
- Complete Thought-Provoking Question Exercise.
- Take RAT 5.
- Complete the wrap-up activity: Article Selection III
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Lesson 6: Explanations for Delinquency -- An Overview
Lesson 6
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- Read the Lesson 6 online content
- Read Chapters 4 and 7 in Sims and Preston (2006).
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| Assignments: |
- Complete Thought-Provoking Question Exercise.
- Take RAT 6.
- Complete the wrap-up activity: The Knock Out Game
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Lesson 7: Special Populations of Juvenile Offenders
Lesson 7
| Readings: |
- Read the Lesson 7 online content
- Read Chapters 5, 20, and 24 in Sims and Preston (2006).
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| Assignments: |
- Complete Thought-Provoking Question Exercise.
- Take RAT 7.
- Complete a wrap-up activity: Annotated Bibliography
- Outline Planning and Development
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Lesson 8: Policing and Prosecuting the Youthful Offender
Lesson 8
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- Read the Lesson 8 online content
- Read Chapters 13 and 15 in Sims and Preston (2006).
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| Assignments: |
- Complete Thought-Provoking Question Exercise.
- Take RAT 8.
- Complete a wrap-up activity: Outline
- Final Paper Planning and Development
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Lesson 9: Community- and Institutional-Based Programming and Juvenile Waiver
Lesson 9
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- Read the Lesson 9 online content
- Read Chapters 16, 25 and 26 in Sims and Preston (2006).
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| Assignments: |
- Complete Thought-Provoking Question Exercise.
- Take RAT 9
- Watch the video segment: Juvenile Prisons
- Complete the Wrap-up activity: Treating the Youthful Offender
- Prepare for Exam II
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Exam II
Exam II
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Module 3: Other Critical Issues in Juvenile Justice
Lesson 10: Minorities and Delinquency
Lesson 10
| Readings: |
- Read the Lesson 10 online content
- Read Chapter 32 in Sims and Preston (2006).
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| Assignments: |
- Complete Thought-Provoking Question Exercise.
- Take RAT 10.
- Complete the wrap-up activity: Minority Youth and 'Stop and Frisk'
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Lesson 11: School-Based Violence
Lesson 11
| Readings: |
- Read the Lesson 11 online content
- Read Chapters 30 and 31 in Sims and Preston (2006).
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| Assignments: |
- Complete Thought-Provoking Question Exercise.
- Take RAT 11.
- Complete the wrap-up activity: Final Paper
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Lesson 12: Pros and Cons of Disbanding the Juvenile Justice System
Lesson 12
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- Read the Lesson 12 online content
- Read Chapter 34 in Sims and Preston (2006).
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| Assignments: |
- Complete Thought-Provoking Question Exercise
- Take RAT 12
- Complete a wrap-up activity: Group Project PowerPoint Team Presentation (in YouSeeU) and Submission
- Prepare for Exam III
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Exam III
Exam III
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