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1. CJS 240 UOP Tutorial / cjs240dotcom

2. CJS 240 UOP Tutorial CJS 240 Entire Course CJS 240 Week 1 Checkpoint Statistics Checkpoint • CJS 240 Week 1 checkpoint Statistics Checkpoint • CJS 240 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • CJS 240 Week 2 Checkpoint Delinquency Deterrence Response • CJS 240 Week 2 Assignment Individual Theories Assignment • 1. CheckPoint: Statistics • • Complete the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) and Self-Report Data Matrix in Appendix B. To complete this matrix, list two pros and two cons of using UCR data and two pros and two cons of using self-report data. 

3. CJS 240 UOP Tutorial CJS 240 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 CJS 240 Week 2 Assignment Individual Theories Assignment • 1. Discussion Questions • • Are juveniles truly capable of understanding the seriousness and consequences of their actions? If so, at what age are they capable of understanding? At what age should juveniles be tried as adults? Explain your answers.  • 1. Assignment: Individual Theories • • Resource: pp. 47-80 of Juvenile Delinquency: The Core. • • Write a 500- to 750-word paper explaining why some adolescents are motivated to commit crimes while others in similar circumstances are not.

4. CJS 240 UOP Tutorial CJS 240 Week 2 Checkpoint Delinquency Deterrence Response CJS 240 Week 3 Checkpoint Sociological Theories Response • 1. CheckPoint: Delinquency Deterrence Response • • Write a 300- to 350-word response explaining how the threat of punishment does or does not deter juvenile delinquency. Provide examples of general deterrence, specific deterrence, and situational crime prevention strategies. Additionally, identify which concepts of deterrence you believe offer the best method for controlling juvenile crime. • 1. CheckPoint: Sociological Theories Response • • Resource: pp. 101-105 of Juvenile Delinquency: The Core. • • Locate—by searching the Internet—federal, state, or local programs with elements that exemplify the application of each of the sociological theories listed below: • o Social structure theories

5. CJS 240 UOP Tutorial CJS 240 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 CJS 240 Week 4 Assignment Gender and Family Assignment • 1. Discussion Questions • • Describe a community in your city or state that currently exemplifies the concept of social disorganization. What solutions might you implement to revitalize that community?  • 1. Assignment: Gender and Family • Ch. 6 & 7 discuss the influence gender and family have on delinquency. In addition, you have read briefly about gender and the juvenile justice system. • • Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper answering the following questions:  • o How does gender affect delinquency? 

6. CJS 240 UOP Tutorial CJS 240 Week 4 Checkpoint Case Study Critique Checkpoint (Appendix C) CJS 240 Week 5 Checkpoint The Justice Systems (Appendix D) • 1. CheckPoint: Case Study Critique • • Read the case study provided in Appendix C.  • • Write a 200- to 350-word response answering the following questions:   • o What are some possible reasons caseworkers were not aware of the conditions in the Jackson home? • 1. CheckPoint: The Justice Systems • • Complete the System Comparison Matrix, the 200- to 300-word response on controversial issues in the juvenile court system, and the selection of your final project position in Appendix D.  • • Post Appendix D as an attachment. 

7. CJS 240 UOP Tutorial CJS 240 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 CJS 240 Week 6 Assignment Corrections and Treatment • 1. Discussion Questions (Students will be placed in small groups to answer DQ 1 this week) • • What is more important—freedom of press to publish pictures and names of juvenile offenders or juveniles’ rights to private court proceedings? Explain your answer. • 1. Assignment: Corrections and Treatment • • Write a 350- to 700-word paper summarizing information on juvenile corrections and community-based treatment programs. Include the following in your paper: • o Community-based treatment

8. CJS 240 UOP Tutorial CJS 240 Week 6 Checkpoint Probation CJS 240 Week 7 Checkpoint Gang Development and Control Checkpoint (Appendix E) • 1. CheckPoint: Probation Presentation • • Create an informative 5- to 7-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation about probation and the roles and responsibilities of probation officers. • 1. CheckPoint: Gang Development and Control • • Complete the Gang Development and Gang Control tables in Appendix E. • • Post Appendix E as an attachment.

9. CJS 240 UOP Tutorial CJS 240 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2 CJS 240 Week 8 Assignment Drug Czar Presentation • 1. Discussion Questions • • How do peers affect delinquency? Do delinquents seek out antisocial and delinquent peers as friends or does having delinquent peers cause an individual to become delinquent? Explain your answers.  • • How is academic failure related to delinquency? Do delinquents fail at school or is academic failure responsible for delinquency? Explain your answers. • 1. Assignment: Drug CzarPresentation • • Read the Applying What You Have Learned Scenario on p. 256 of Juvenile Delinquency: The Core.   • • Create a 7- to 10-slide Microsoft®PowerPoint®presentation on the advantages and disadvantages of the three drug control policy strategies presented during the open hearing in the scenario.

10. CJS 240 UOP Tutorial CJS 240 Week 8 Checkpoint Drug Use and Delinquency Response CJS 240 Week 9 Capstone DQ • 1. CheckPoint: Drug Use and Delinquency Response • • Research the University Library for two current, scholarly journal articles that highlight the reasons of youth drug use and the link between drug use and delinquency.  • 1. Capstone Discussion Question • • The future of the juvenile justice system under debate. There has been a movement supporting aggressive measures on juvenile crime while researchers see more public support for prevention and intervention methods. Consider the future of the juvenile justice system.

11. CJS 240 UOP Tutorial CJS 240 Week 9 Final Punishment versus Rehabilitation • 1. Final Project: Justice System Position Paper • Throughout this course you have become acquainted with explanations of juvenile delinquency, correlates of juvenile delinquency, and the intricacies of the juvenile justice system. For your final project, assess one of the controversial issues regarding the juvenile justice system.

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