In order to be eligible for an Internship and a Certificate in Juvenile Justice, Role Model students are first required to successfully complete 18 hours of core courses with a letter grade of C or above . This course is designed to increase the student s knowledge and understanding of adolescent behaviors, values and learning and study social issues involving youth all within a multicultural context. Also from a multicultural perspective, students study the impact of culture on adolescent behavior, issues regarding minorities within the juvenile justice system, and how youth service providers can better meet the needs of youth. This course includes a 20 hour community service component. This course is intended to provide students with practical skills related to working with delinquent children and youth addressing issues related to one on one interaction, programming, policy development and implementation.
Students have the opportunity to explore issues related to working in an inter-agency environment.
This course includes a 20 hour community service component. The primary purpose and focus of this course is to explore the different viewpoints and unreconciled positions about the current influence of racial and ethnic bias on the treatment of ethnic minority subgroups within America s criminal justice system. Additionally, this course examines the relationship between s tereotypical images of color and images and realities of crime and punishment. This course includes a 20 hour community service component. This course offers an extensive, systematic, and interdisciplinary examination of juvenile justice administration in the United States.