NCJ Number
145053
Date Published
1992
Length
214 pages
Annotation
While teenagers commit a disproportionate number of crimes, they also represent the age group most victimized by personal crimes; therefore, the National Institute for Citizen Education in the Law (NICEL) and the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) joined forces in 1985 to educate secondary school students about ways they can make their schools and communities safer.
Abstract
The resulting NICEL-NCPC initiative is a curriculum based on the idea that teenagers can contribute to improving their communities. The curriculum incorporates practical advice and competency-building activities designed to help students understand the civic problem of crime and prevent it. The curriculum has 11 components, each of which contains a list of important words and definitions, educational objectives, and questions and activities to stimulate student involvement. Curriculum components focus on the role of teenagers in crime prevention, crime victims, violent crime, property crime and vandalism, criminal and juvenile justice, and conflict management. Additional components cover child abuse, acquaintance rape, substance abuse and drug trafficking, drunk driving, and shoplifting. An appendix contains guidance on how teenagers can plan and implement crime prevention projects. Tables, figures, and photographs