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CJS 240 MASTER The power of possibility
CJS 240 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.cjs240master.com   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 CJS 240 Week 3
Checkpoint Sociological Theories Response CJS 240
Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 CJS 240 Week 4 Checkpoint
Case Study Critique Checkpoint (Appendix C) CJS
240 Week 4 Assignment Gender and Family Assignment
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CJS 240 Week 1 Checkpoint Statistics Checkpoint
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.cjs240master.com   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.   
Locatetwo Web resourcesone official and one
unofficialwith information about occurrences of
delinquency in the United States. Copy and paste
the URLs into Appendix B.   
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CJS 240 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.cjs240master.com   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.    Is the participationin delinquent
activities a normal part of maturing or are there
specific factors that initiate this behavior? If
taking part in delinquent activities is part of
maturing
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CJS 240 Week 2 Assignment Individual Theories
Assignment FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.cjs240master.com   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. Support your
explanation by applying at least two of the
following individual theories of delinquency   o
Routine activities theory
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CJS 240 Week 2 Checkpoint Delinquency Deterrence
Response FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.cjs240master.com   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.
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CJS 240 Week 3 Checkpoint Sociological Theories
Response FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.cjs240master.com   1. CheckPoint
Sociological Theories Response   Resource pp.
101-105 of Juvenile Delinquency The Core.  
Locateby searching the Internetfederal, state,
or local programs with elements that exemplify
the application of each of the sociological
theories listed below   o Social structure
theories o Social process theories o Social
conflict theories
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CJS 240 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.cjs240master.com   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?   
During the 1960s, social structure theories
strongly influenced the development of
delinquency prevention programs. Why did many of
the earliest programs fail? What is being done
differently today in the development of
prevention programs?
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CJS 240 MASTER The power of possibility
CJS 240 Week 4 Assignment Gender and Family
Assignment FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.cjs240master.com   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?   ? What are some
current explanations for gender differences as
they relate to delinquency? 
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CJS 240 MASTER The power of possibility
CJS 240 Week 4 Checkpoint Case Study Critique
Checkpoint (Appendix C) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.cjs240master.com   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?   o From
the information presented in the case study,
determine whether the nine members of the
Division of Youth and Family Services staff
should have been fired. Why or why not? 
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CJS 240 Week 5 Checkpoint The Justice Systems
(Appendix D) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.cjs240master.com   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. 
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CJS 240 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.cjs240master.com   1. Discussion
Questions (Students will be placed in small
groups to answer DQ 1 this week)   What is more
importantfreedom of press to publish pictures
and names of juvenile offenders or juveniles
rights to private court proceedings? Explain your
answer. Should certain juvenile offenders be
waived to adult courts? Why or why not? Should
juveniles who commit serious capital crimes under
the age of 16 be eligible for the death penalty?
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CJS 240 Week 6 Assignment Corrections and
Treatment FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.cjs240master.com   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  ? Describe
two or three community-based treatment efforts. ?
Briefly explain the purpose and importance of
these treatment efforts.  o Institutionalization
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CJS 240 Week 6 Checkpoint Probation FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.cjs240master.com   1.
CheckPoint Probation Presentation   Create an
informative 5- to 7-slide Microsoft PowerPoint
presentation about probation and the roles and
responsibilities of probation officers. Assume
the role of a juvenile probation officer
recruiter and address the presentation as if to
an audience of individuals interested in applying
for the position of a juvenile probation officer.
Your presentation must include   o General
information regarding probation
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CJS 240 Week 7 Checkpoint Gang Development and
Control Checkpoint (Appendix E) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.cjs240master.com   1.
CheckPoint Gang Development and Control  
Complete the Gang Development and Gang Control
tables in Appendix E. Post Appendix E as an
attachment.
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CJS 240 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.cjs240master.com   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.
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CJS 240 Week 8 Assignment Drug Czar
Presentation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.cjs240master.com   1. Assignment Drug Czar
Presentation   Read the Applying What You Have
Learned Scenario on p. 256 of Juvenile
Delinquency The Core.    Create a 7- to
10-slide MicrosoftPowerPointpresentation on the
advantages and disadvantages of the three drug
control policy strategies presented during the
open hearing in the scenario. Assume the role of
the drug czar in the presentation.
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CJS 240 Week 8 Checkpoint Drug Use and
Delinquency Response FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.cjs240master.com   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.  Write a 200- to 350-word response
answering the following questions according to
the journal articles    o What are the main
reasons of youth drug use? o How does drug use
relate to delinquency?  
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CJS 240 Week 9 Capstone DQ FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.cjs240master.com   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. Should there be a juvenile justice
system? Why or why not? Should there be a
comprehensive juvenile justice strategy or should
the juvenile justice system focus on one
particular strategy? Explain your answers.
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CJS 240 Week 9 Final Punishment versus
Rehabilitation FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.cjs240master.com   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.   Resource Appendix A
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