Criminology Outreach Program Testimonials & Student Exercises

“This program influenced my knowledge and interest about college because it gave me an idea of what I want to study.” (student, Estancia High School)

“It has really helped me since I learned how colleges work and our mentors really told us about college a lot.”(Brisa, Estancia High School)

“The program made me appreciate the law and the police,” (student, TeWinkle Middle School)

“Enjoyable, high motivation COP activities increase student intrinsic motivation, and subsequent investment in studying, with improvement in categorization, classification, prioritization, evaluation, and many other higher-order thinking skills.” (teacher, TeWinkle Middle School)

“But more important than all of these textbook examples is the learning or empowering of personal knowledge of their individual responsibilities as participants in what is supposed to be a democratic society. In other words, these students may not understand the entire justice system, but after having this experience, they can question and form opinions about the law, justice, and democracy.” (teacher, Estancia High School)

Click the attachments below for student exercises