CJK505 SUMMER 2015 JUVENILE JUSTICE

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1 CJK505 SUMMER 2015 JUVENILE JUSTICE Table of Contents General Course Information... 1 Additional Materials, Attendance, & Required Course Work... 2 Grading Criteria Rubric & Conversion... 3 Course Outline & Calendar... 4 Course & University Procedures & Policies... 5 Class Time: Tuesdays 5:00PM-8:00PM, Founder s Hall 2 nd floor conference room. Office: Founder s Hall, Room 217N Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:00pm 4:00pm or by appointment. MQuinones@TAMUCT.edu Students must me from their TAMUCT account. I do not reply to s sent from personal accounts (ex. BeerLover@Yahoogle.com). Communication: The best way, and why it is the only way, to reach me is through or Blackboard messages. If you must speak to me, please me to arrange a time for a phone meeting or visit with me during office hours. CATALOG DESCRIPTION Juvenile Justice (3-0) Study of selected topic(s) directly related to criminal justice. May be repeated for credit as topic varies. (Course will be offered not more than one semester each year.) Course Description A review of current research guides our examination of deviance, crime, victimization, and the juvenile justice system. Juvenile justice is taught as a hybrid course. We will meet 1 day a week to discuss the material; assignments and exams are delivered through Blackboard and must be completed on Blackboard. COURSE OBJECTIVES 1. Explore the juvenile justice system in the U.S. 2. Learn about the current state of the juvenile crime in America. 3. Explore theories of juvenile deviance and criminal offending. 4. Analyze and discuss current events with a deeper understanding of juvenile offending and the juvenile justice system. REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS Feld, B.C., & Bishop, D.M. (2012). The Oxford Handbook of Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice. USA: Oxford University. Press. ISBN: , ebook available.

2 ADDITIONAL MATERIALS Students may receive additional materials throughout the semester to enhance or expand on the topics introduced in the text. These resources are listed under Additional Materials in Blackboard. ATTENDANCE & MISSED MATERIAL/QUIZZES/EXAMS POLICY Face-to-face attendance (worth 5 points per class, for up to 50 points) Students are expected to be present and prepared at each class meeting. Students are required to complete review questions for each part of the book. Students must bring a hard copy to class to submit to me for attendance credit. Students may not chapter questions in lieu of attending class. Review questions are posted on Blackboard. Online attendance Inability to access Blackboard does not relieve a student from completing assignments on time. All assignments and exams are delivered through Blackboard and must be completed through Blackboard no exceptions. Make up exams are not available and I do not reopen exams once the due date has passed. REQUIRED COURSE WORK Discussion Board Participation (5 posts, each worth 0 or 20 points, for up to 100 points) Discussion board questions relate to current events. Your job is to apply the material you read to current events. As part of the discussion question, you may be required to read or view additional material. Any additional reading or viewing material is posted along with the discussion question. Writing Assignment (worth up to 100 points) Students are required to complete a literature review of current research on a juvenile justice topic. Students can choose any juvenile justice related topic to research, but are encouraged to choose juvenile justice topics currently in the news. Paper requirements: APA format (6th edition). Double spaced & 12 point font 5 pages (no more, no less). Bibliography does not count. 10 sources minimum (sources must be peer reviewed and/or legitimate websites). All sources must have been published in the last 10 years Graduate level writing (See * page 3) Students will submit their papers via TurnItIn. Any papers containing information from other sources, not cited or cited incorrectly, will receive a 0. Students will not have an opportunity to revise and resubmit. The Online Writing Lab at Purdue University is a great resource for writing and APA formatting, so I included the following links to help you with your writing assignment: Visit for a guide to writing a literature review. Visit for a sample APA paper. Visit for APA citation information. Visit for general academic writing information Exams (2 exams, each worth up to 100 points) Students will complete two exams. Exams are open notes, but you may only reference material from this class. Exams are short answer. Exams must also meet the writing standards outlined for discussion posts. If your responses are poorly written I automatically deduct 10 points from your total exam score. You have ample time to access exams, however, once you begin an exam you must complete it within 1 hour. 2

3 GRADING CRITERIA RUBRIC AND CONVERSION Your final grade in this course is based on the total number of points you earn throughout the semester. All required course work emphasizes the course objectives listed at the beginning of the syllabus. POINT SCALE PERCENT CONVERSION LETTER GRADE % - 100% A % - 89% B % - 79% C % - 69% D <270 <59% F Grading Criteria For Attendance You earn points for attendance if: you attend class AND submit a hard copy of the section chapter review questions. Grading Criteria For Discussion Posts You earn points for discussion posts if: you completely answer the question. Failing to answer any portion of the question results in zero points. you are able to critically think about the issue discussed and support your answers with material from the text. your writing is average or above average. If your writing is below average, you will receive a comment from me stating below average writing and you will receive a 0. (See * for more info) Grading Criteria For Exams demonstrates material was read/viewed provides informed and accurate response to the question answers the question completely grammar, spelling, and vocabulary are appropriate for the level of the course *In general, graduate level writing: contains no spelling mistakes, verb tenses are consistent, words are used correctly, and writing is free of clichés. is concise, without failing to include important information. demonstrates you researched the subject. is strongly organized and parallel thoughts are presented similarly. moves from point to point in a logical and organized sequence. To turn a 0 into a 20, you will need to revise and resubmit your discussion post. You are allowed to revise and resubmit 1 post per semester. You will have 1 week to revise and resubmit the post. TAMUCT students have access to the following services that may help improve your writing: Writing tutor: To schedule a time to meet with a tutor, contact Christine Garza at (254) or c.garza@tamuct.edu. Tutor.com is an online tutoring platform that enables TAMUCT students to receive FREE online tutoring and writing support. Log in to Blackboard and look for the Tutor.com box on your MyCT tab. TAMUCT students have access to 15 hours a semester. For more information, go to 3

4 COURSE OUTLINE AND CALENDAR Below is a tentative course outline and calendar. I will adjust the outline and calendar if we need to take extra time to cover specific topics. WEEK: DATE TOPIC Remove articles ASSIGNMENT DUE* Week 1: 6/2/2015 Introduction & Part 1: The Nature and Patterns of Juvenile Offending Discussion Post 1 Section 1 review questions are due week 2. Week 2: 6/9/2015 Part 2: Individual Level Variables Chapters 4,5, 7 Week 3: 6/16/2015 Part 3: Social Contexts and Delinquency Chapters 8,10, 11, 12 Discussion Post 2 Week 4: 6/23/2015 Part 4: Social Process and Delinquency Week 5: 6/30/2015 Part 5: Juvenile Court: History and Context Exam 1 Discussion Post 3 Week 6: 7/7/2015 Week 7: 7/14/2015 Part 6: Juvenile Court Clientele Additional Reading: Minority Youth and Crime Part 7: Juvenile Court Case Processing: Screening Detention and Trial Discussion Post 4 Week 8: 7/20/2015 Part 8: Sanctioning Delinquents Discussion Post 5 Week 9: 7/28/2015 Part 9: Youth in Criminal Court Writing Assignment Week 10: 8/4/2015 Part 10: Juvenile Justice Policy Exam 2 *Assignments are due Saturdays by 11:59PM. 4

5 COURSE AND UNIVERSITY PROCEDURES AND POLICIES Important Graduation Deadlines Graduation Date Apply for Degree & Commencement Apply for Degree Conferral Only Ceremony Date Spring 2015 November 21, 2014 May 14, 2015 May 16, 2015 Summer 2015 April 17, 2015 August 5, 2015 August 8, 2015 Fall 2015 June 26, 2015 December 9, 2015 December 11, 2015 Academic Integrity Texas A&M University - Central Texas expects all students to maintain high standards of personal and scholarly conduct. Students found responsible of academic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary action. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating on an examination or other academic work, plagiarism, collusion, and the abuse of resource materials. The faculty member is responsible for initiating action for each case of academic dishonesty and report the incident to the Associate Director of Student Conduct. More information can be found at Plagiarism Plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty. Plagiarism, most simply defined, is not properly crediting your sources of information through the use of textual citations and the provision of a works cited list. If something is not your own original idea, thought, words, or the product of your original data collection and analysis, you need to cite your source in the text. You may expand on work you have submitted in other classes. If you would like to do so, please contact me to discuss the terms. To learn more about plagiarism, please visit Unilert Emergency Warning System for Texas A&M University Central Texas UNILERT is an emergency notification service that gives Texas A&M University-Central Texas the ability to communicate health and safety emergency information quickly via , text message, and social media. All students are automatically enrolled in UNILERT through their myct account. Connect at to change where you receive your alerts or to opt out. By staying enrolled in UNILERT, university officials can quickly pass on safety-related information, regardless of your location. Disability Support Services If you have or believe you have a disability and wish to self-identify, you can do so by providing documentation to the Disability Support Coordinator. Students are encouraged to seek information about accommodations to help assure success in their courses. Please contact Vanessa Snyder at (254) or visit Founder's Hall 114. Additional information can be found at Tutoring Tutoring is available to all TAMUCT students, both on-campus and online. Subjects tutored include Accounting, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, and Writing (APA). Tutors are available at the Tutoring Center in Founder's Hall, Room 204, and also in the Library in the North Building. Visit and click "Tutoring Support" for tutor schedules and contact info. If you have questions, need to schedule a tutoring session, or if you're interested in becoming a tutor, contact Academic Support Programs at or by ing cecilia.morales@tamuct.edu. Chat live with a tutor 24/7 for almost any subject on your computer! Tutor.com is an online tutoring platform that enables TAMU-CT students to login and receive FREE online tutoring and writing support. This tool provides tutoring in Mathematics, Writing, Career Writing, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Spanish, Calculus, and Statistics. To access Tutor.com, click on Drop Policy If you discover that you need to drop this class, you must go to the Records Office and ask for the necessary paperwork. Professors cannot drop students; this is always the responsibility of the student. The record s office will give a deadline for which the form must be returned, completed, and signed. Once you return the signed form to the records office and wait 24 hours, you must go into DuckTrax and confirm that you are no longer enrolled. If you are still enrolled, you must FOLLOW-UP with the records office immediately. Should you miss the deadline or fail to follow the procedure, you will receive an F in the course. Library Services Information Literacy focuses on research skills that prepare individuals to live and work in an information-centered society. Librarians will work with students in the development of critical reasoning, ethical use of information, and the appropriate use of secondary research techniques. Help may include, yet is not limited to: exploration of information resources such as library collections and services, identification of subject databases and scholarly journals, and execution of effective search strategies. Library resources are outlined and accessed at 5