Juvenile Delinquency Prevention is the study of why juveniles turn to delinquency and of the efforts made to keep them from it. At InterCoast Colleges, it is part of the Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies program.
What it covers
The course considers the subject of juvenile delinquency from various perspectives including substance use prevention, psychological, physiological and sociological perspectives.
Particular attention is paid to the role of family, the school, and the peer group in promoting delinquency.
The catalog states: “This course will provide students with the tools to analyze and evaluate juvenile justice issues, and the juvenile justice system.”
Which program covers it
In InterCoast Colleges’ Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies program, juvenile delinquency prevention is covered in the course AOD308, Prevention: Juvenile Delinquency.
The Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies outline lists AOD308 Prevention: Juvenile Delinquency at 45 clock hours (45 lecture, 0 laboratory) and 3 semester credits.
Prerequisites for AOD308: none.
Related prevention topics include substance abuse prevention and resiliency and relapse prevention, with criminal justice systems and criminal thinking in addiction in the Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies program.
This topic is covered in the Bachelor of Applied Science — Addiction Studies program at InterCoast Colleges.