NCJ Number
79298
Date Published
Unknown
Length
24 pages
Annotation
These 10 lesson guides, 1 for each month of the school year, are designed to stimulate students in grades 6 through 9 to develop positive attitudes toward their ability to prevent crime and their responsibility toward becoming actively involved in preventing crime.
Abstract
Each lesson focuses on a particular area of prevention and introduces students to situations they might encounter in daily life. Suggested classroom discussions and activities are intended to encourage students to formulate their own crime prevention strategies. The lessons are designed to help students understand the nature of crime and the persons affected by it, to initiate an awareness and responsibility for personal protection and safety, and to instill a sense of personal responsbility for the protection of personal property. Other goals are to instill good security habits, to enforce the concept of neighborhood responsibility, and to assist students in understanding what crimes take place in their schools and how to prevent them. Other lessons emphasize the necessity of preventing vandalism and business crimes and the need for students to communicate their knowledge to others. A list of free supplementary materials such as films, brochures, and slide presentations is appended.