CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMPETENCY STUDY GUIDE
COMPENTENCY TERMS TO KNOW & REFERENCES
Below you will find a list of courses, key concepts, and key court cases that you are required to know. Competency exams will change each semester; however, the possible topics are listed below. For each class, you will be asked approximately 8 competency questions. You may use any edition of the course textbook that you possess. However, in the event that you did not keep your course books, we have placed several books on reserve in the Nancy Thompson Library (Kean campus). You can sign the books out for 2 hours at a time. You may find several books for one class on reserve. This is to ensure that more than more person can access a subject book at any given time.
CJ 2600 CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA Substantive & Procedural Criminal Law, the Court System, & Measuring
Crime DESCRIPTION This course provides an overview of the American criminal justice system, emphasizing the police, courts, and corrections, including community-based corrections. Topics include the police role in a democratic society, the tension between due process and the need for order, and issues of punishment involving proportionality, rehabilitation, and public safety. Competency questions for this course cover measuring crime and the operations of the courts. KEY CONCEPTS 1. Actus reus 2. Bill of Rights-
a. Fourth Amendment b. Fifth Amendment c. Sixth Amendment d. Eighth Amendment
3. Consensus and conflict model 4. Due process and crime control model 5. Due process clause (Fourteenth Amendment) 6. Exclusionary rule 7. Excuse defenses 8. Federal courts
a. District
2
b. Appellate / circuit c. Supreme
9. Index crime (Part I) 10. Justification defenses 11. Mens rea 12. National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) 13. National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) 14. Probable cause 15. Procedural criminal law 16. Reasonable suspicion 17. Search & seizure
a. Search warrant b. Warrantless search
18. State courts a. Limited jurisdiction b. General jurisdiction c. Intermediate appellate d. Final resort e. Specialty courts
19. Stop and risk 20. Strict liability 21. Substantive criminal law 22. Uniform Crime Report (UCR)
KEY COURT CASES 1. Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) 2. In re Gault (1967) 3. Mapp v. Ohio (1961) 4. Miranda v. Arizona (1966) 5. Terry v. Ohio (1968) 6. Weeks v. United States (1914) RELEVANT RESOURCES
1
Bohm, R. (2011) Introduction to criminal justice. 6
th Ed. McGraw Hill*
Bohm, R. (2014) The American system of criminal justice. 13 th Ed. Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.* Cole, G. (2014) The American System of Criminal Justice. 14
th Ed. Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.* Gaines, L. K. & Miller, R. L. (2010). Criminal justice in action: The core. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.*
1 References followed by an asterisk (*) can be found on reserve in the library. You can find more than one copy of
a book for a particular subject on reserve simply to allow access by more than one student at a time.
3
Regoli, R. (2011). Exploring criminal justice. 3 rd
Ed. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett.*
Scheb, J. M. & Scheb II, J. M. (2011). Criminal law and procedure. 7 th
Ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.*
Schmalleger, F. (2014). Criminal justice: A brief introduction. 10 th Ed. Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.* Schmalleger, F. (2012). Criminal justice today: An introductory text for the 21
st
century 12 th.
Ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.* Siegel, L. (2013) Essentials of criminal justice. 8
th Ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth,
Cengage Learning.* Siegel, L.J. & Worrall, J. L. (2015). Essentials of criminal justice. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.*
CJ 2610 CRIMINOLOGY
DESCRIPTION Criminology is the scientific study of making and breaking laws. How society reacts to law breaking is an important component of our criminal justice systems goals and objectives. Laws are sometimes arrived at by consensus, sometimes imposed by the powerful in society. Societies today are moving closer together regarding accepted human behavior and because most people share this common interest, the study of crime and its causes, and prevention strategies take on a global perspective. Students should be familiar with the following key concepts and theories when studying this topic. KEY CONCEPTS 1. Broken windows theory 2. Classical school of criminology 3. Conflict theory 4. Differential association theory 5. Environmental theories 6. Feminist theory of female delinquency (Chesney-Lind) 7. General theory of crime 8. Labeling theory 9. Life course theory (Moffitt) 10. Rational choice theory 11. Routine activities 12. Shaming (Braithwaite) 13. Sisters in Crime/Freda Adler 14. Social bond theory (Hirschi) 15. Social disorganization theory
4
16. Social learning theory 17. Social process theories 18. Strain theory (Merton)
RELEVANT RESOURCES Cullen, F.T. & Agnew, R. (2011). Criminological theory: Past to present. Essential readings. 4
th edition. New York: Oxford University Press.*
Schmalleger, F. (2011). Criminology: A brief introduction. Boston, MA: Prentice Hall.*
CJ 3500 DIVERSITY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE DESCRIPTION Diversity critically examines race, gender and other diversity issues, such as hate crime, within and faced by criminal justice systems within the United States and internationally. Topics of emphasis include the importance of diversity issues in the development, organization and operation of criminal justice systems; and diversity in offenders, victims, and criminal justice professionals. Also examined, when discussing diversity, are problems of prejudice and discrimination. The course materials include historical, legal, social, and other sources of data that elucidate how diversity impacts societies and criminal justice systems. Students should be familiar with the following key concepts and theories when studying this topic. KEY CONCEPTS & THEORIES:
1. Anti-semitism 2. Assimilation 3. Civic assimilation 4. Collective conscience 5. Conflict theory 6. Contextual discrimination 7. Constitution & equality 8. Cultural assimilation 9. Cultural capital 10. Culture 11. Deindividuation 12. Differential association theory 13. Discrimination 14. Ethnic pluralism 15. Ethnocentrism 16. Globalization
5
17. Hate crime 18. Hate crime constitutionality 19. Hate crime debate 20. Hate crime offenders 21. Hate crime victimization (race, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion) 22. Hate speech 23. Homogeneity 24. Institutional discrimination 25. Ku Klux Klan movement 26. LBGT population and hate crime 27. Melting pot 28. Multiculturalism 29. Other 30. Perpetual foreigner 31. Prejudice 32. Protected groups 33. Race/ethnicity 34. Racial separatism 35. Racialized social system 36. Rational relationship test 37. Scapegoat theory 38. Skinhead movement 39. Social privilege 40. Social constructionism 41. Stratification 42. Strain theory 43. Structural assimilation 44. Underlying crime 45. Xenophobia RELEVANT RESOURCES:
Gerstenfeld, P. B. (2011). Hate crime: Cause, controls, and controversies. 2 nd
Ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.*
Levin, J. (2007). The violence of hate: Confronting racism, anti-semitism, and other forms of bigotry. 2
nd ed. Boston, MA: Pearson Allyn and Bacon.
Morash, M. (2006). Understanding gender, crime, and justice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.*
Pincus, F. L. (2006.) Understanding diversity: An introduction to class, race, gender, and sexual orientation. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.* The Criminology and Criminal Justice Collective of Northern Arizona University. (2009). Investigating difference: Human and cultural relations in criminal justice (2
nd
Ed.). Boston: Massachusetts: Allyn and Bacon.*
6
CJ 3600 POLICE ORGANIZATION & ADMINISTRATION
DESCRIPTION This course examines the development, organization, and administration of American police departments, considering the principles of organization best adapted to ensure effective service to the community. The course also evaluates line, staff, and auxiliary functions, and analytic units of administration. Students should be familiar with the following key concepts and theories when studying this topic. KEY CONCEPTS 1. 4
th Amendment
2. Affidavit
3. Basic types of police organizational design (line, line and staff, functional, matrix)
4. Broken windows theory
5. CALEA
6. Centralization
7. Chain of command
8. Christopher Commission
9. Community policing
10. Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD)
11. Consent
12. COMPSTAT
13. Decentralization
14. Directed patrol
15. Exclusionary rule
16. Field training officer (FTO)
17. Goldstein, Herman
18. Good faith exception
19. Hot spot policing
20. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA)
21. Kerner Commission
22. Knapp Commission
23. Miranda
24. Peel, Robert
25. Plain view
26. Police Officer Standards and Training Commissions (POST)
27. Presidents Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
28. Principle of hierarchy
7
29. Probable cause
30. Problem Oriented Policing
31. Reasonable suspicion
32. Record Management Systems (RMS)
33. S.A.R.A
34. Saturated patrol
35. Search warrant
36. Span of management
37. Styles of policing (James Q. Wilson)
38. Tennessee v. Garner
39. Terry v. Ohio
40. Title 42 U.S.C., Section 1983
41. Unity of command
42. Vollmer, August
43. Wickersham Commission
44. Wilson, O.W.
RELEVANT RESOURCES
Dempsey, J. S., & Forst, L. S. (2012). Police. 2nd Ed. Clifton Park, NY: Cengage Learning.*
Hess, K. M. (2009). Introduction to law enforcement and criminal justice. 9 th
Ed. Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning.*
Peak, K.J., & Glensor, R.W. (2012). Community policing and problem solving: Strategies and practices. 6
th Ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.*
Swanson, R.C., Territo, L., & Taylor, R. W. (2011). Police administration: Structures, processes, and behavior. 7
th Ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.*
Walker, S., & Katz, C. M. (2011). The police in America: An introduction. 8 th
Ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.*
CJ 3610 CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS
DESCRIPTION This course examines the client of the criminal justice system in the post conviction, institutional setting. Attention is given to the evolution of correctional services for institutionalized offenders. Also examined is the relationship between prison administration and other elements of the justice system. Students should be familiar with the following key concepts and theories when studying this topic.
8
KEY CONCEPTS Auburn system Bail Bifurcated trial system Classification of prisons (types) Constitution and prisoner rights Death penalty: arguments for the death penalty v arguments against the death penalty Death penalty: state of the death penalty in the U.S. today Early forms of punishment (pre-America) Features that typify prisons as hierarchical structures How do male and female prison subcultures differ? Jails Parole boards Parole function Parole supervision Pennsylvania system Probation and intermediate sanctions Private prisons Purpose of corrections Rational relationship test Restorative justice Southern penology Todays correctional systems in America Types of sentencing and the ideologies of punishment they represent Types of Inmates in correctional institutions What are the important Issues for female offenders in prison? Types of institutional programs and effectiveness KEY COURT CASES Bell v Wolfish Bounds v. Smith Furman v. Georgia Gregg v Georgia Pate v Cooper Wolff v McDonnell RELEVANT RESOURCES
Clear, T. Cole, G., & Reisig, M. (2009/2012). American corrections, 9 th
or 10 th
Ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.*
Siegel, L. & Bartollas, C. (2011). Corrections today. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.*
9
CJ3650 JUVENILE JUSTICE
DESCRIPTION This course examines the juvenile justice system in America with theory and practice of controlling youth crime through formal juvenile institutions and diversion. The juvenile justice system parallels and differences with the adult system will be emphasized. Students should be familiar with the following key concepts and theories when studying this topic. KEY CONCEPTS 1. Adjudication 2. Adjustment 3. Aftercare 4. Career offender 5. Child savers and houses of refuge 6. Confidentiality of juveniles delinquency records 7. Constitutional rights of juvenile within the juvenile justice system 8. Deinstitutionalization of status offenders 9. Detention center 10. Discretion 11. Disposition hearing 12. Dispositional alternatives 13. Diversion programs 14. First juvenile court system in the United States 15. Get-tough policy 16. G.R.E.A.T. programs 17. Intake process 18. Jurisdictions of the juvenile justice system 19. Juvenile death penalty 20. Juveniles delinquency records in the juvenile justice system 21. Juvenile probation 22. Legal factors and extralegal factors 23. Limited jurisdiction 24. Parens patriae 25. Petition 26. Role of the probation officers in the juvenile justice system 27. Shock probation 28. Status offenses 29. Teen court 30. Transfer, waiver, and certification 31. Types of policing 32. Types of waivers 33. Turning point
10
34. UCR v. NCVS v. NIBRS v. Self-report data KEY COURT CASES 1. Breed v. Jones 2. In re Gault 3. In re Winship 4. Kent v. United States 5. McKeiver v. Pennsylvania 6. Roper v. Simmons
RELEVANT RESOURCES
Champion, D. J. (2013). The Juvenile Justice System: Delinquency, Processing, and the Law. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. (ISBN: 978-0-13-276446-9) Vito, G. F. & Kunselman, J.C. (2012). Juvenile justice today. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.*
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMPETENCY STUDY GUIDE
COMPENTENCY TERMS TO KNOW & REFERENCES
Below you will find a list of courses, key concepts, and key court cases that you are required to know. Competency exams will change each semester; however, the possible topics are listed below. For each class, you will be asked approximately 8 competency questions. You may use any edition of the course textbook that you possess. However, in the event that you did not keep your course books, we have placed several books on reserve in the Nancy Thompson Library (Kean campus). You can sign the books out for 2 hours at a time. You may find several books for one class on reserve. This is to ensure that more than more person can access a subject book at any given time.
CJ 2600 CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA Substantive & Procedural Criminal Law, the Court System, & Measuring
Crime DESCRIPTION This course provides an overview of the American criminal justice system, emphasizing the police, courts, and corrections, including community-based corrections. Topics include the police role in a democratic society, the tension between due process and the need for order, and issues of punishment involving proportionality, rehabilitation, and public safety. Competency questions for this course cover measuring crime and the operations of the courts. KEY CONCEPTS 1. Actus reus 2. Bill of Rights-
a. Fourth Amendment b. Fifth Amendment c. Sixth Amendment d. Eighth Amendment
3. Consensus and conflict model 4. Due process and crime control model 5. Due process clause (Fourteenth Amendment) 6. Exclusionary rule 7. Excuse defenses 8. Federal courts
a. District
2
b. Appellate / circuit c. Supreme
9. Index crime (Part I) 10. Justification defenses 11. Mens rea 12. National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) 13. National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) 14. Probable cause 15. Procedural criminal law 16. Reasonable suspicion 17. Search & seizure
a. Search warrant b. Warrantless search
18. State courts a. Limited jurisdiction b. General jurisdiction c. Intermediate appellate d. Final resort e. Specialty courts
19. Stop and risk 20. Strict liability 21. Substantive criminal law 22. Uniform Crime Report (UCR)
KEY COURT CASES 1. Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) 2. In re Gault (1967) 3. Mapp v. Ohio (1961) 4. Miranda v. Arizona (1966) 5. Terry v. Ohio (1968) 6. Weeks v. United States (1914) RELEVANT RESOURCES
1
Bohm, R. (2011) Introduction to criminal justice. 6
th Ed. McGraw Hill*
Bohm, R. (2014) The American system of criminal justice. 13 th Ed. Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.* Cole, G. (2014) The American System of Criminal Justice. 14
th Ed. Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.* Gaines, L. K. & Miller, R. L. (2010). Criminal justice in action: The core. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.*
1 References followed by an asterisk (*) can be found on reserve in the library. You can find more than one copy of
a book for a particular subject on reserve simply to allow access by more than one student at a time.
3
Regoli, R. (2011). Exploring criminal justice. 3 rd
Ed. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett.*
Scheb, J. M. & Scheb II, J. M. (2011). Criminal law and procedure. 7 th
Ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.*
Schmalleger, F. (2014). Criminal justice: A brief introduction. 10 th Ed. Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.* Schmalleger, F. (2012). Criminal justice today: An introductory text for the 21
st
century 12 th.
Ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.* Siegel, L. (2013) Essentials of criminal justice. 8
th Ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth,
Cengage Learning.* Siegel, L.J. & Worrall, J. L. (2015). Essentials of criminal justice. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.*
CJ 2610 CRIMINOLOGY
DESCRIPTION Criminology is the scientific study of making and breaking laws. How society reacts to law breaking is an important component of our criminal justice systems goals and objectives. Laws are sometimes arrived at by consensus, sometimes imposed by the powerful in society. Societies today are moving closer together regarding accepted human behavior and because most people share this common interest, the study of crime and its causes, and prevention strategies take on a global perspective. Students should be familiar with the following key concepts and theories when studying this topic. KEY CONCEPTS 1. Broken windows theory 2. Classical school of criminology 3. Conflict theory 4. Differential association theory 5. Environmental theories 6. Feminist theory of female delinquency (Chesney-Lind) 7. General theory of crime 8. Labeling theory 9. Life course theory (Moffitt) 10. Rational choice theory 11. Routine activities 12. Shaming (Braithwaite) 13. Sisters in Crime/Freda Adler 14. Social bond theory (Hirschi) 15. Social disorganization theory
4
16. Social learning theory 17. Social process theories 18. Strain theory (Merton)
RELEVANT RESOURCES Cullen, F.T. & Agnew, R. (2011). Criminological theory: Past to present. Essential readings. 4
th edition. New York: Oxford University Press.*
Schmalleger, F. (2011). Criminology: A brief introduction. Boston, MA: Prentice Hall.*
CJ 3500 DIVERSITY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE DESCRIPTION Diversity critically examines race, gender and other diversity issues, such as hate crime, within and faced by criminal justice systems within the United States and internationally. Topics of emphasis include the importance of diversity issues in the development, organization and operation of criminal justice systems; and diversity in offenders, victims, and criminal justice professionals. Also examined, when discussing diversity, are problems of prejudice and discrimination. The course materials include historical, legal, social, and other sources of data that elucidate how diversity impacts societies and criminal justice systems. Students should be familiar with the following key concepts and theories when studying this topic. KEY CONCEPTS & THEORIES:
1. Anti-semitism 2. Assimilation 3. Civic assimilation 4. Collective conscience 5. Conflict theory 6. Contextual discrimination 7. Constitution & equality 8. Cultural assimilation 9. Cultural capital 10. Culture 11. Deindividuation 12. Differential association theory 13. Discrimination 14. Ethnic pluralism 15. Ethnocentrism 16. Globalization
5
17. Hate crime 18. Hate crime constitutionality 19. Hate crime debate 20. Hate crime offenders 21. Hate crime victimization (race, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion) 22. Hate speech 23. Homogeneity 24. Institutional discrimination 25. Ku Klux Klan movement 26. LBGT population and hate crime 27. Melting pot 28. Multiculturalism 29. Other 30. Perpetual foreigner 31. Prejudice 32. Protected groups 33. Race/ethnicity 34. Racial separatism 35. Racialized social system 36. Rational relationship test 37. Scapegoat theory 38. Skinhead movement 39. Social privilege 40. Social constructionism 41. Stratification 42. Strain theory 43. Structural assimilation 44. Underlying crime 45. Xenophobia RELEVANT RESOURCES:
Gerstenfeld, P. B. (2011). Hate crime: Cause, controls, and controversies. 2 nd
Ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.*
Levin, J. (2007). The violence of hate: Confronting racism, anti-semitism, and other forms of bigotry. 2
nd ed. Boston, MA: Pearson Allyn and Bacon.
Morash, M. (2006). Understanding gender, crime, and justice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.*
Pincus, F. L. (2006.) Understanding diversity: An introduction to class, race, gender, and sexual orientation. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.* The Criminology and Criminal Justice Collective of Northern Arizona University. (2009). Investigating difference: Human and cultural relations in criminal justice (2
nd
Ed.). Boston: Massachusetts: Allyn and Bacon.*
6
CJ 3600 POLICE ORGANIZATION & ADMINISTRATION
DESCRIPTION This course examines the development, organization, and administration of American police departments, considering the principles of organization best adapted to ensure effective service to the community. The course also evaluates line, staff, and auxiliary functions, and analytic units of administration. Students should be familiar with the following key concepts and theories when studying this topic. KEY CONCEPTS 1. 4
th Amendment
2. Affidavit
3. Basic types of police organizational design (line, line and staff, functional, matrix)
4. Broken windows theory
5. CALEA
6. Centralization
7. Chain of command
8. Christopher Commission
9. Community policing
10. Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD)
11. Consent
12. COMPSTAT
13. Decentralization
14. Directed patrol
15. Exclusionary rule
16. Field training officer (FTO)
17. Goldstein, Herman
18. Good faith exception
19. Hot spot policing
20. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA)
21. Kerner Commission
22. Knapp Commission
23. Miranda
24. Peel, Robert
25. Plain view
26. Police Officer Standards and Training Commissions (POST)
27. Presidents Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
28. Principle of hierarchy
7
29. Probable cause
30. Problem Oriented Policing
31. Reasonable suspicion
32. Record Management Systems (RMS)
33. S.A.R.A
34. Saturated patrol
35. Search warrant
36. Span of management
37. Styles of policing (James Q. Wilson)
38. Tennessee v. Garner
39. Terry v. Ohio
40. Title 42 U.S.C., Section 1983
41. Unity of command
42. Vollmer, August
43. Wickersham Commission
44. Wilson, O.W.
RELEVANT RESOURCES
Dempsey, J. S., & Forst, L. S. (2012). Police. 2nd Ed. Clifton Park, NY: Cengage Learning.*
Hess, K. M. (2009). Introduction to law enforcement and criminal justice. 9 th
Ed. Belmont, CA: Cengage Learning.*
Peak, K.J., & Glensor, R.W. (2012). Community policing and problem solving: Strategies and practices. 6
th Ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.*
Swanson, R.C., Territo, L., & Taylor, R. W. (2011). Police administration: Structures, processes, and behavior. 7
th Ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.*
Walker, S., & Katz, C. M. (2011). The police in America: An introduction. 8 th
Ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.*
CJ 3610 CORRECTIONAL SYSTEMS
DESCRIPTION This course examines the client of the criminal justice system in the post conviction, institutional setting. Attention is given to the evolution of correctional services for institutionalized offenders. Also examined is the relationship between prison administration and other elements of the justice system. Students should be familiar with the following key concepts and theories when studying this topic.
8
KEY CONCEPTS Auburn system Bail Bifurcated trial system Classification of prisons (types) Constitution and prisoner rights Death penalty: arguments for the death penalty v arguments against the death penalty Death penalty: state of the death penalty in the U.S. today Early forms of punishment (pre-America) Features that typify prisons as hierarchical structures How do male and female prison subcultures differ? Jails Parole boards Parole function Parole supervision Pennsylvania system Probation and intermediate sanctions Private prisons Purpose of corrections Rational relationship test Restorative justice Southern penology Todays correctional systems in America Types of sentencing and the ideologies of punishment they represent Types of Inmates in correctional institutions What are the important Issues for female offenders in prison? Types of institutional programs and effectiveness KEY COURT CASES Bell v Wolfish Bounds v. Smith Furman v. Georgia Gregg v Georgia Pate v Cooper Wolff v McDonnell RELEVANT RESOURCES
Clear, T. Cole, G., & Reisig, M. (2009/2012). American corrections, 9 th
or 10 th
Ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.*
Siegel, L. & Bartollas, C. (2011). Corrections today. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.*
9
CJ3650 JUVENILE JUSTICE
DESCRIPTION This course examines the juvenile justice system in America with theory and practice of controlling youth crime through formal juvenile institutions and diversion. The juvenile justice system parallels and differences with the adult system will be emphasized. Students should be familiar with the following key concepts and theories when studying this topic. KEY CONCEPTS 1. Adjudication 2. Adjustment 3. Aftercare 4. Career offender 5. Child savers and houses of refuge 6. Confidentiality of juveniles delinquency records 7. Constitutional rights of juvenile within the juvenile justice system 8. Deinstitutionalization of status offenders 9. Detention center 10. Discretion 11. Disposition hearing 12. Dispositional alternatives 13. Diversion programs 14. First juvenile court system in the United States 15. Get-tough policy 16. G.R.E.A.T. programs 17. Intake process 18. Jurisdictions of the juvenile justice system 19. Juvenile death penalty 20. Juveniles delinquency records in the juvenile justice system 21. Juvenile probation 22. Legal factors and extralegal factors 23. Limited jurisdiction 24. Parens patriae 25. Petition 26. Role of the probation officers in the juvenile justice system 27. Shock probation 28. Status offenses 29. Teen court 30. Transfer, waiver, and certification 31. Types of policing 32. Types of waivers 33. Turning point
10
34. UCR v. NCVS v. NIBRS v. Self-report data KEY COURT CASES 1. Breed v. Jones 2. In re Gault 3. In re Winship 4. Kent v. United States 5. McKeiver v. Pennsylvania 6. Roper v. Simmons
RELEVANT RESOURCES
Champion, D. J. (2013). The Juvenile Justice System: Delinquency, Processing, and the Law. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. (ISBN: 978-0-13-276446-9) Vito, G. F. & Kunselman, J.C. (2012). Juvenile justice today. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.*
Applied Sciences
Architecture and Design
Biology
Business & Finance
Chemistry
Computer Science
Geography
Geology
Education
Engineering
English
Environmental science
Spanish
Government
History
Human Resource Management
Information Systems
Law
Literature
Mathematics
Nursing
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Reading
Science
Social Science
Liberty University
New Hampshire University
Strayer University
University Of Phoenix
Walden University
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