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May 18, 2025
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2023-2024 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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CRIM 235 - School Resource Officer PREREQUISITES: Program Chair approval required. PROGRAM: Criminal Justice CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3 LECTURE HOURS MIN: 3 DATE OF LAST REVISION: N/A
This course is designed for those who will be working within the educational environment. This course will explore the benefits as well as provide an in-depth understanding of the law enforcement professional working as a school resource officer. This course will provide students with knowledge and skills as they relate to the school resource officer concepts.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
- Identify early SRO programs and explain why they were or were not successful.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the ethical considerations unique to an SRO.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the social, psychological, and legal characteristics of school violence.
- Identify case law related to policing and education.
- Analyze risk factors associated with juvenile delinquency.
- Understand the impact of brain development on impulsive behavior as it peaks during adolescence.
- Understand the relationship between juvenile justice issues, school policies, and public policy.
- Demonstrate an understanding surrounding the issues relating to sex trafficking and exploitation youth.
- Identify strategies for working with troubled, traumatized and victimized youth with emphasis on de-escalation techniques and relationship building.
- Discuss competencies in understanding diversity along with the barriers that can foster bias.
- 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.
- Identify school threats and develop prevention and preparedness models based on identified threats to include school assessments, drills, and tactics.
- Demonstrate how the use of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) of a school can help to reduce crime.
- Demonstrate the skills necessary to deal with medical/injury emergencies and discuss with clear understanding the AED and its proper use.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
- 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
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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