Associate degrees in Juvenile Corrections: A program that prepares individuals to specialize in the provision of correction services to underage minor populations. Includes instruction in corrections, juvenile delinquency, juvenile development and psychology, juvenile law, and justice administration, social services, record-keeping procedures, and communication skills.
Produces qualified practitioners with thorough knowledge and skills to assess, treat and manage children and youth offenders in both the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems. Students compare and contrast historical and current day philosophies of the juvenile justice system, to include social and psychological causations to delinquency and crime. Students study the legal and therapeutic distinctions between children and adults regarding legal...
This transfer program provides a law and liberal arts foundation for those students transferring to four-year colleges and universities to pursue a bachelor's degree in jurisprudence and, ultimately, attend law school.
Students gain knowledge and insight into the building blocks of the American legal system and refine critical thinking and analytical skills.
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Juvenile corrections workers provide supervision, facilitate in the treatment process and crisis intervention, provide social and life skills training, maintain records and documentation, engage in support services, and monitor and ensure a secure environment.
This one-year certificate program is specifically designed for individuals who want to work directly with juvenile offenders through different agencies in various settings. These agencies may...
The Juvenile Justice program prepares students to work in county and state custody facilities, probationary and parole services, alternative education and treatment services, residential and group home care facilities, and juvenile court diversion services. Overall, the program provides students with a strong theoretical, historical, professional, and technical base in the juvenile justice system. The program includes knowledge and skills in criminology,...
The Juvenile Justice degree offers course work that addresses both the legal and professional aspects of the criminal justice network with emphasis directed towards adolescent and the youthful offenders. The program gives special attention to the juvenile court system and its relation to family, schools, peer pressure, police and correctional settings. Juvenile accountability for criminal behavior is also presented in the program.
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