Welcome/Housekeeping Turn on Speakers Phone Numbers Tech Support (2) (3) (open 24/7) Tim – (8:00 AM – 9 PM ET) Class Rules What’s New Unit weeks run from Wednesday – Tuesday Will not Likely Get to This Week’s Assignments

Housekeeping Continued Call me Tim Ask Questions Any Time in Seminar Text Book – eBook – Doc Sharing Class Rules OK to eat and drink in class Clothes optional Must use Netiquette What’s New?

Class Requirements Posted each week under Weekly Unit # Also found in Gradebook Also found in Weekly Announcement from me Week 1 Assignments are Quiz Seminar Discussion Board

Course Requirements - DB Discussions Minimum 100 words to get credit Must post a QUALITY response to at least three other students – and on at least 3 different days! Post early in the week and post often PLEASE (Wednesday to Tuesday) Units 1,2,3,4,6,7,8, and points in each Unit except 6 (50 pts) The Course is 1000 points total, so the DB totals almost 30% of the course. OK then, Let me start by telling you a little about how I grade: Discussion Board (db) - each week will have one discussion question. You are required to write a comprehensive comment for that question. I expect it to be about 100 words in length and while you may wish to copy something from the text or internet as part of your posting, I do not want a total cut and paste (unless it a second posting). For this comprehensive comment, I want more than just your opinion. If you give me your opinion, tell why you feel that way. Your posting should add to the discussion. FYI: this paragraph is EXACTLY 100 words. Questions?

Quiz The QUIZZES are worth 20 points and can be found in the same Units (1, 2, and 6), totaling 6% of your total grade. Not the same goal as High school Here we want you to open the text book How to get 100% every time Take a few questions at a time, submit, redo as necessary During week, unlimited attempts/unlimited time After Unit (week) closes – 1 attempt/3 hours

Seminars The seminars are worth 25 points each (20% of your overall grade) and also occur every week except weeks 5 and 10. Tonight is not a good representation of what the seminars are like - usually they are fun and you will find it is easy to become very involved. However, if you should miss it, and would like to receive credit for the seminar, you are required to write a word paper on the seminar topic. The alternative assignment goes in Doc Sharing. Questions on seminars?

Other Assignments Unit 3 – PowerPoint Analysis– 100 Points Create a 5 to 6 slide PowerPoint presentation responding to specific questions relating to a specific website. Unit 4, 7, and 8 – Analysis Essays– 100 Points each (30% of your grade) 3 to 5 pages each responding to specific questions Remember – I want more than your opinion Document your sources I submit everything to Turnitin.com Unit 9 – PowerPoint Analysis – 100 Points Create a 4 to 7 slide PowerPoint presentation considering the pros and cons of several delinquency prevention strategies. Please Note – these “other assignments” account for ½ of your grade – do not ignore them!

Chapter Goals General context of youth and youth crime Problems of youth in American culture What is “at risk”? Risk taking among kids Recent social improvements of American teens Kids’ lives during feudal times Childhood in the American colonies What is meant by “child savers”? Creation of the concept of delinquency Juvenile delinquency today and the status offender

Broader Picture of Youth… 80 million children in the United States 50 million are between ages 5 and 17 Many have same problems as Aaliyah By age 18, they have spent more time in front of a television set than in class Each year youth may see up to 1,000 rapes, murders, and assaults on TV What impact might these facts have on youth?

Chapter Goals General Context of Nature and Extent of Delinquency Be familiar with ways to gather data on delinquency Know problems with collecting data on delinquency Know how age and gender influence juvenile crime rate List and discuss social correlates of delinquency Discuss concept of the chronic offender Be familiar with factors that predict teen victimization

Measuring Delinquency with the Uniform Crime Reports FBI compiles information on the number of criminal acts reported, this information is published in the Uniform Crime Report The UCR is compiled of statistics from more than 17,000 police departments Part I offenses include homicide, rape, burglary etc. Part II offenses include vandalism, liquor law violations, and drug trafficking

VALIDITY OF THE UCR Victim surveys show that less than half of all victims report the crime to the police i.e. teens are unlikely to report crimes to the police in which they are vulnerable The arrest data count only adolescents who have been caught Victimless crimes (drugs, gambling, prostitution) are significantly undercounted UCR arrest statistics are not divided by age

The NCVS Survey National Crime Victimization Survey A comprehensive nationwide survey of victimization in the U.S. Validity of the NCVS Findings must be interpreted with caution Over-reporting due to victims’ misinterpretation Inability to record the personal criminal activity of those interviewed Inadequate question format

Self-Report Surveys Asks adolescents to describe, in detail, their recent and lifetime participation in criminal activity Contains questions about attitudes, values, and behaviors Self-reports can be used to examine the offense histories of the criminal population Validity of Self-Reports Comparisons between groups can be highly misleading Can skew data and provide misleading results

Evaluating Primary Data Sources UCR remains the standard unit of analysis NCVS includes unreported crime and important information on the personal characteristics of victims Self-Report surveys can provide information on the personal characteristics of offenders

Crime Trends in the U.S Crime rates increased gradually following the 1930s until the 1960s UCR finds about 14 million arrests are now being made each year, or about 4,700 per 100,000 population Official Delinquency Trends In 2008, juveniles were responsible for 16% of Part I violent crime arrests and 26% of property crime arrests Number of offenses and offenders have been in a decade long decline

Crime Trends in the U.S cont. Self Reported Patterns and Trends Dark figures of crime are the incidents of crime and delinquency that go undetected by police Monitoring the future (MTF) is the nation’s most important ongoing self-report survey If the MTF are accurate, the juvenile crime problem is much greater than the official statistics would lead us to believe