{"id":14020,"date":"2025-06-03T16:07:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T21:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/?post_type=program&p=14020"},"modified":"2025-11-26T09:32:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T15:32:57","slug":"helperprogram","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/academics\/criminal-justice-bs\/helperprogram\/","title":{"rendered":"HELPER Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\t\t\tHELPER Program\t\t<\/h1>\n\t<\/header>\n\t\n\t\n\n
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Learn from criminal justice practitioners about service-oriented careers in law enforcement and policing. In the Higher Education Law Enforcement\/Police Education and Recruitment (HELPER) Program, students build their knowledge base from a variety of sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online lectures delve into the evidence-based understanding of law enforcement and policing in the United States. In-class presentations provide a practitioner\u2019s point of view from criminal justice professionals working at the local, state and federal levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both perspectives emphasize the interpersonal and service-oriented nature of law enforcement\/policing within the larger context of constitutional and evidence-based approaches to crime control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nRegister for HELPER Sessions<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Who Can Attend?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

51ÁÔÆæ students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

51ÁÔÆæ students may attend any session<\/a>(s), or enroll in Criminal Justice 592<\/a> (undergraduate students) or Criminal Justice 970-002<\/a> (graduate students) to receive course credits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High school students and community members<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We welcome high school students and individuals from the community to attend any session(s) that interest them! Just let us know that you’ll be attending by filling out a registration form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n