The essence of a school safety program is to prevent crime and violence rather than respond to it in a reactionary way. It is possible to develop policies and initiatives that recognize crime and violence at its source and address it in a preventive way.
Use the following tutorials and learning activities to diagnose the safety issues confronting your school community and find examples of solutions that meet your own school's needs. In this category you will find tutorials and information on international movements such as Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, how the presence of a School Resource Officer can help create a safe atmosphere in a school, ways to positively involve parents in the school community, and how students can become leaders in preventing school-based crime and violence.
CRIME AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION TUTORIALS
Collaborative Democracy and Leadership: Tutorial: Meaning, Purpose, Focus, Action
http://cte.jhu.edu/courses/ssn/cld
Learn about a model of leadership that a school community can put to work to support the practice of democratic principles to make school learning environments safe.
Working with Schools: A Guide for Law Enforcement Officers
http://cte.jhu.edu/courses/ssn/leo
This guide will help the patrol officer that is working with a school understand the unique issues encountered when working with schools. Topics covered include community policing techniques, the roles of the law enforcement officer in a school, partnerships involved in working in schools, and safety plan development.
Promoting School Safety Through School Leadership: The Four P's
http://cte.jhu.edu/courses/ssn/leadership4p
Identify your philosophy for the development of a healthy school climate. Ensure that people, both school based and community based, are involved in the development and implementation of your safety program. Create a program for your school to include communication, implementation, evaluation and debriefing. In this tutorial, develop a comprehensive plan for the safety of your school.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
http://cte.jhu.edu/courses/ssn/cpted/
This tutorial introduces three interrelated topics: a working definition of CPTED, the three basic concepts associated with CPTED, and a series of eight key questions for interested parties to utilize when implementing CPTED principles.