Scared straight

Critique of the frightened slap-up Program The program established in the 1970s, called Scared groovy is used throughout the United States as a means of deterring Juvenile crime. This program consists of young that are at risk visiting adult prisons, the youthfulness then have contact with captives to hear about the life and reality of being locked up from inmates (Slowikowski, 2011). The programs can involve tours of the facility, living the life of a prisoner for a full day, aggressive in-your-face presentations by inmates, and one- on-one counseling.However well intentioned these prison visit programs may be, decades of research have providen that this approach is not only ineffective, and possibly harmful to youth (Slowikowski, 2011). Now there was a study done by Anthony Petrosino and researchers at the Campbell Collaboration analyzed results from nine Scared Straight Programs and found that such programs generally increased crime up to 28 percent in the experimental grou p when compared to a no-treatment control group (Slowikowski, 2011). In an separate analysis of Juvenile prevention and treatment programs, MarkLipsey of the Vanderbilt Institute for public Policy Studies found that youth who participate in Scared Straight and other similar deterrence programs have higher recidivism rates than youth in control groups (Slowikowski, 2011). Also there was a report done in 1997 presented to the U. S. carnal knowledge where there was 500 crime prevention evaluations and said the program Scared Straight is what does not work in preventing Juvenile crime. Yet programs like Scared Straight are continuing to be used as an approach in the United States and throughout the world.On January 13, 2011, A&E Television Networks aired the primary of a multiepisode series of reality shows called Beyond Scared Straight (Slowikowski, 2011). It had become the most watched show in the United States with having an audience of 3. 7 million great deal (Sullivan, 2011). Th is then has parents and viewers envisageing the Scared Straight programs works, which then they do not think of the other possibilities of programs that are proven to work and be more beneficial to at-risk youth in deterring Juvenile delinquency. When I think of the A&E series of BeyondScared Straight I think of it as showing at-risk youth at home with their parents what it would be like if they were a part of this program. The at-risk youth I think dont take it as serious as the show portrays it to be because in this program your getting yelled at in your face by the inmates, you have a session where the inmates share their stories with the youth and explain how they attentiveness they would taken a different path, the youth will see their parents through video or glass windows, they may spend up to 24 hours in the facility, etc.With a program like Scared Straight there are many things we can critique. First these programs require young people to project into the future. They do nt think like that, they dont think logically or long term. Thats why theyre kids. They are impulsive, and think short term, espically whenb it comes to punishment (Sullivan, 2011). Kids know how hit and miss the criminal judge system is. They believe they might not get caught when they think about committing a crime. What young people react to is How swift is the punishment in toll of the behavior?How certain is it that a consequence will occur? How severe is the punishment? The extreme nature of the punishment shown in scared straight programs doesnt play the expectations of young people. They dont picture themselves locked up (Sullivan, 2011 . ) Again a program like scared straight is something that was made by adults for young kids, but we need to take that these young kids dont react the same was as adults do or would in a program like scared straight. What these at-risk youths need are to be retch in activities of everyday life that will keep them from termination to pri son rather than putting them in a scared straight rogram saying this is where youre going to be if you continue the road your going down. Why not show these at-risk youth what and where you should want to be in life, like a Job show them responsibility and what it is like to earn hard working money to save for something, to be able to afford the things you want, etc.