Situational Crime Prevention for Schools
Evidence-based education to prevent human trafficking before it begins.
Sentinel Shield is a school-centered prevention framework grounded in over 50 years of criminological research. We use Situational Crime Prevention (SCP) to reduce the environmental opportunities that enable human trafficking—making exploitation harder, riskier, and less rewarding.
Prevention, Not Reaction
Most approaches focus on rescue after harm occurs. Sentinel Shield focuses on stopping exploitation at the source by disrupting recruitment, transportation, and exploitation environments.
Evidence-Based Framework
Our approach is grounded in Situational Crime Prevention, Environmental Criminology, Routine Activity Theory, and Rational Choice Theory—used worldwide to prevent crime before it happens.
Built for Schools
Schools are natural prevention hubs. They connect students, families, law enforcement, and community partners—making them uniquely positioned to stop trafficking early.
What Is Situational Crime Prevention?
Situational Crime Prevention (SCP) is a criminology framework with more than 50 years of research behind it. Instead of asking why people commit crimes, SCP examines how crimes occur in specific places, situations, and systems.
By changing environments, routines, and conditions, SCP reduces opportunities for crime—making exploitation harder to carry out, riskier to attempt, and less rewarding for offenders.
The Sentinel Shield Approach
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Teaches students how trafficking actually occurs
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Identifies environmental risk factors in schools and communities
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Applies the five mechanisms of Situational Crime Prevention
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Transforms students into capable guardians
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Creates ripple effects from students to families to communities
Who We Serve
Schools & Educators
Prevention education aligned with real-world risks
Students & Families
Practical awareness without fear-based messaging
Communities
Coordinated, place-based prevention strategies
Partners
Law enforcement, social services, and civic organizations