Agnew 6E Learning Objectives 01

After reading this chapter, students should be able to:

1. Define juvenile delinquency.

2. Describe the major differences in the way that society views juvenile offenders and adult offenders.

3. Describe the major differences in the way that society treats juvenile offenders and adult offenders.

4. List the major ways in which juvenile court differs from adult court, and discuss the reasons for such differences.

5. Explain what is meant by “the invention of juvenile delinquency.”

6. Describe how we came to view and treat juvenile offenders differently than adult offenders.