Course Name: CRIM 34311 Youth & the Justice System
Course Description: This course explores analysis of situations involving the legal rights of children and youths, which demand intervention by justice institutions or service agencies. Emphasis will be on how contemporary understandings and policies related to children’s rights, specifically the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989, influence policy, institutions, and practices related to protecting children and promoting their rights. Children’s rights issues in Italy and the broader European context will be of specific interest, and UNICEF’s Innocenti Office of Research in Florence will be consulted. In addition, independent human rights institutions for children and their work in Italy and Europe to protect children and promote children’s rights will be a topic of inquiry in this class.
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisites: None