UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS
Concentrations
Juvenile Justice
The emphasis in juvenile justice prepares students for careers in delinquency prevention and control. Students who major in criminal justice with an emphasis in juvenile justice will find that there are many careers open to them in private and public agencies working to help at-risk youth and juvenile offenders. These include Boys and Girls Clubs, Big Brothers/Big Sisters programs, day treatment centers, probation, aftercare and a wide variety of residential programs (e.g., group homes, halfway houses, runaway shelters, wilderness programs, detention centers, training schools, substance abuse treatment centers).
Recommended coursework:
- HCJ u330 Introduction to Corrections
- HCJ u360 Introduction to Juvenile Justice
- HCJ u500 Gender, Crime and Justice
- HCJ u502 Race, Crime and Justice
- HCJ u506 CJ Organization and Management
- HCJ u508 Crime Prevention
- HCJ u510 Juvenile Law
- HCJ u520 Communities and Crime
- HCJ u530 Community-Based Corrections
- HCJ u535 Correctional Intervention
- HCJ u570 Criminal Violence
- HCJ u572 Youth Gangs
- HCJ u600 Advanced Seminar in Criminal Justice
- HCJ u660 Advanced Seminar in Juvenile Justice
Recommended supporting sequences:
