SACRAMENTO CITY COLLEGE

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

 

COURSE:                          AJ 304  Juvenile Delinquency

 

INSTRUCTOR:                  Kelly Gould      Phone: 558-2485          Office AJ5a

  

OFFICE HOURS:             See posted times outside of AJ5a

                                           Email: gouldk@scc.losrios.edu

                                           Web Page: http://web.scc.losrios.edu/gouldk

 

DIVISION DEAN:             Frank Malaret     Phone: 558-2402

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:    To provide a study of juveniles and how they affect and are affected by the current juvenile justice system with an overview of adolescent problems and current approaches being utilized to confront these problems.  The causes and treatment of delinquency and child abuse will be reviewed, and an overview of juvenile procedures at both the county and state levels will be explored.

 

REQUIRED TEXT:              “Juvenile Delinquency…Theory, Practice and Law” 10TH Ed. Siegel, Welsh, Senna

 

METHOD OF INSTRUCTION:

Lecture, required reading, visual aids 

 

   Course Responsibilities

 

A.        Completion of Reading Assignments

B.         Class Participation

C.        Class Attendance

D.        Completion of all quizzes, examinations, and projects

            E.         PUNCTUALITY!

 

II.         Grading:

A.        Midterm Exams, Final Exams will be completed in multiple choice and True/False test form.  Quizzes will require multiple-choice and True/False responses.  The essay exams shall be written responses to course topics.  Students will adequately develop and support their written responses in a well-organized and thoughtful (intelligent) manner.

 

Midterm:                                                          100 Points

Final:                                                                100 Points

Four Quizzes (65 pts each):                          195 Points

Attendance:                                                      100 Points

Assignment(s)                                                      5 Points each

Total:                                                                500 + Points

 

B.         Grade Points:

A=                                           450-500 Points            90%

B=                                           359-449 Points            80%

C=                                           251-358 Points            70%

D=                                           150-250 Points            60%

F=                                            0-149     Points

 

III.       Attendance/Conduct:

 

            NO LAPTOPS ALLOWED

 

Students will be awarded 100 points for perfect attendance.

 

Students will lose 3 points for each hour they miss up to 9 points. He/She will lose 16 points for the 4^th hour and 25 points for the fifth hour and beyond. 

 

Students who submit late assignments will have scores docked 10 points for  each day of late status.  I do not accept assignments as email attachments.

 

DO NOT ARRIVE LATE!  IF YOU ARE 15 MINUTES LATE YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE ATTENDANCE CREDIT

 

*On testing dates, students arriving more than 10 minutes beyond the start of the test will be required to make-up the test.

 

Students will lose attendance points for any absence (excused or unexcused)

 

The Instructor will drop a student who has more than 5 absences.

 

IV.       Make-up Exams/Extra Credit

 

Make-up exams and quizzes will be given only at the discretion of the Instructor and then only on the last day of the semester or at the time of the Final Exam.  Students will be allowed ONE make-up quiz.  There is no make-up for midterms or final exams make-up quizzes will require multiple-choice and True/False responses.  Extra credit work is only at the discretion of the Instructor and only for those students who are failing the class even though they are making a sincere effort and have no attendance problems.

 

COURSE SYLLABUS

 

I.          This Course syllabus is to be considered a tentative outline of course progression.  The study plan is at the discretion of the Instructor and is subject to change.