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Why are prevention and intervention programs important? What has been shown to be most effective in reducing delinquency?
Compare and contrast the juvenile rights period with the juvenile court period.
Compare and contrast the UCR and the NCVS.
What characteristics are present when delinquency is the highest? Why?
Differentiate between the five risk and protective factors. Provide examples.
Differentiate between restorative justice and retributive justice. Provide examples. Which does the justice system use today?
Name five differences and five similarities between the juvenile justice system and the criminal justice system. Overall, are they more similar or different? Support your answer.
Differentiate between classical theory and positivist theories.
Discuss the Gault decision and the ramifications of the decision on the juvenile justice system.
Discuss the three developmental pathways to delinquency to include the behaviors associated with each.
Differentiate between the three levels of child maltreatment.
Differentiate between the function of punishment and the purpose of law according to the Durkheimian and Marxist perspectives.
Discuss the key aspects of adolescent development.
Discuss the nature vs. nurture conflict and explain these opposing views on the cause of delinquency..
Discuss the two competing world views regarding the cause of delinquency that have existed over the centuries. What are the important concepts of each view?
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Why are prevention and intervention programs important
: Why are prevention and intervention programs important? What has been shown to be most effective in reducing delinquency? Compare and contrast the juvenile rights period with the juvenile court period. Compare and contrast the UCR and the NCVS.
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