I. Course Objectives:
1. To look at the ideas responsible for separating juvenile justice from the adult process and system.
2. To study the main features of juvenile justice today.
3. To examine the legal and social environment in which juvenile justice operates.
4. To consider the roles of the actors making important decisions in juvenile justice and the alternatives available to them. 
5. To review current arguments about the effectiveness of juvenile justice and consider prospects for change.

II. Text:
Clemens Bartollas and Stuart J. Miller, Juvenile Justice in America, 4th ed., Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2005.

III. Outline/Reading Assignments (see detailed "Course Outline"):
1. Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Offenders
Bartollas and Miller: 1, 2, 14, 3, 13

2. Processing Juveniles: Police and Courts
Bartollas and Miller: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 

3. Processing Juveniles: Institutions
Bartollas and Miller: 11, 12, 10, 15, 16

IV. Grading
The course grade will be made up of:
1. Three objective unit exams (true/false, multiple choice, matching), worth 100 points each, at the end of each of the three blocs of course material. 
2. A comprehensive multiple choice final exam, also worth 100 points.
Of these four grades, the three highest will be averaged to determine the course grade according to the following scale:
A = 90-100
B = 80-89
C = 70-79
D = 60-69
F = Below 60

V. Class Policies
1. Students are expected to attend class regularly. Roll will be taken each class day.
2. If you come to class, arrive on time and plan to stay for the whole period. Avoid being late for class, and do not plan to leave early, unless by prior arrangement with the professor.
3. Do your own work.
4. No make-up exams will be given except when the professor was notified of the absence by the day of the missed exam. Make-ups must be taken before exams are returned and discussed in class. No one will be allowed to take more than one make-up exam.
5. Emergency evacuation procedures. Any students who anticipate needing emergency assistance of any sort, including assistance in evacuating the building, should identify themselves to the professor.