CRIM 235 - School Resource Officer

1. Identify early SRO programs and explain why they were or were not successful.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the ethical considerations unique to an SRO.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the social, psychological, and legal characteristics of school violence.
4. Identify case law related to policing and education.
5. Analyze risk factors associated with juvenile delinquency.
6. Understand the impact of brain development on impulsive behavior as it peaks during adolescence.
7. Understand the relationship between juvenile justice issues, school policies, and public policy.
8. Demonstrate an understanding surrounding the issues relating to sex trafficking and exploitation youth.
9. Identify strategies for working with troubled, traumatized and victimized youth with emphasis on de-escalation techniques and relationship building.
10. Discuss competencies in understanding diversity along with the barriers that can foster bias.
11. Describe how youth trends and drugs and other self-harm practices, impact the school environment and recognize the need for keeping current with these trends.
12. Identify school threats and develop prevention and preparedness models based on identified threats to include school assessments, drills, and tactics.
13. Demonstrate how the use of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) of a school can help to reduce crime.
14. Demonstrate the skills necessary to deal with medical/injury emergencies and discuss with clear understanding the AED and its proper use.

• School Violence
• Juvenile mental illness
• Youth gangs
• Juvenile incarceration
• Child abuse and neglect
• School bullying
• The law and juveniles
• Sex trafficking and youth
• Drug trends
• Social media / cyber security
• First Aid/CPR/AED
• Family Educational Rights to Privacy
• Implicit Bias
• Stop the Bleed

 
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