Coordinator: Rita Poteyeva
Email: poteyemx@jmu.edu
Phone: (540) 568-7124
Youth Justice Minor Website
Program Description
The cross disciplinary minor in youth justice is designed for students who are interested in working in the juvenile justice system or in other agencies serving adolescents. Students will become proficient in the latest research on the principles of adolescent development, will understand the impact of trauma and will become familiar with current best practices of preventing and responding to juvenile delinquency.
The minor program is open to all undergraduate students at JMU.
Minor Requirements
The requirement is the successful completion of 18 credit hours. No more than two courses may be double counted for a student's major/minor. No more than nine hours may be taken from a single discipline.
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| YTHJ 300 | Introduction to Youth Justice | 3 |
| 15 |
| Advanced Level Special Topics in Justice Studies (When topic is relevant for YTHJ program. Consult program coordinator.) 1 | |
| Human Development and Crime 1 | |
| Victimization of Children 1 | |
| Restorative Justice 1 | |
| Introduction to Public Policy 2 | |
| Drugs and Behavior 3 | |
| Developmental Psychology 4 | |
| Race and Ethnicity | |
| Sociology of Education | |
| Parent-Child Relationships Across the Lifespan 5 | |
| Social Policy 5 | |
| Issues and Policies in Family Services 5 | |
| Violence in Families | |
| Child Welfare Services | |
| Grant Writing for Agencies | |
| Working with Adolescents | |
| Special Topics (Substance Abuse Intervention) | |
| Transforming Youth Justice Integrative Seminar | |
| Internship in Transformative Youth Justice Studies | |
| Total Credits | 18 |
