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Juvenile Justice Studies Concentration
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Credits:
18
Concentration Description
Juvenile Justice Studies provide students interested in working with adolescents and the juvenile justice system with a solid introduction to the history of youth services; current theories of adolescent development; and the impact of community disadvantage, child abuse and neglect on behavior.
A Key Element in Your Bachelor’s Degree. The Juvenile Justice Studies concentration is accepted in any Cambridge College bachelor’s degree, as open electives. It is often of interest to students doing a bachelor’s degree in human services, multidisciplinary studies or psychology. It also provides valuable understandings to students in other fields whose work touches children and adolescents.
Program Outcomes
- An understanding of the complex factors that contribute to adolescent behavior, its impact, and societal responses.
- Developing skills in suicide assessment, crisis intervention, and family mediation.
- Gaining skills to address youth issues in the context of government agencies and community organizations.
- Detailed understanding of current practices and research on successful treatment models
Careers and Further Study
Our students go on to graduate study in juvenile justice, criminal justice, forensic psychology, youth development and advocacy, family studies, addiction studies, and counseling. Career possibilities include clinical, educational, human service and management settings, and research juvenile residential and community-based programs, state and private non-profit agencies, probation departments, violence prevention, child protection and youth advocacy.
Curriculum
JUS377 must be taken concurrently with PSY359.
In addition to courses listed below, please take two 1-credit JUS electives.