![]() “Teenagers don’t think like that, they don’t think logically or long term. “Those programs require young people to project into the future,” Finckenauer said. First, “Scared straight” programs arise out of the concept of “vicarious deterrence,” which he defined as “avoiding behavior by experiencing what happens to others.” Will it change when they can’t fight back?” Why wouldn’t it work on at-risk teens? What was wrong with the headline: “They think they’re fighters. After all, I thought, I certainly would have been “scared straight” after experiencing a day in prison, including being yelled at by brutal inmates, clanging bars, menacing guards, etc. I confess, I was one of the judges who accepted the evidence that “scared straight,” programs didn’t work, but I couldn’t figure out why. ![]() Finckenauer, author of “Scared Straight! and the Panacea Phenomenon,” cogently explained why those programs don’t work by examining the concept of “deterrence” as applied to teenage thinking and behavior. The show is a spin off of the multiple award-winning documentary films also produced by Arnold Shapiro.īut do “scared straight” programs really work to reduce juvenile crime? “No,” claimed Professor James Finckenauer, Ph.D., from Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice, in his address to the National Conference of Juvenile and Family Court Judges in New York City in July. BEYOND SCARED STRAIGHT SERIESThe hit series from Disney’s A&E Network became the most watched original series launch in the network’s history with an audience of 3.7 million people. However, there is always the very small chance they could have gotten shook that they may get caught with the stupid shit they were doing or worse, the guns, ammo, or bomb making parts, causing them some legal trouble before the massacre.The “Beyond Scared Straight” message: “In prison for a day to stay out for life” certainly appeals to a television audience. If you're still here, and Klebold and Harris went through a program like this, do you think it would have changed their mind? After all I explained, I am going to say no, simply because their final intent was to die, and I don't think prison even went through their mind. Some programs are more intense than others and I have mixed feelings about the programs, but they're are many success stories, and even though the show no longer airs, many states including my own, still have programs like this. ![]() Tactics employed may include: physical exercise, yelling from guards and inmates, stories from inmates, eating jail food, being locked in cells, going to the county mourge, standing before a judge or prosecutor, visits from parents, or having to write apology letters from parents. This leads me to bring up the programs presented on "Beyond Scared Straight."įor those of you who don't know, the show features programs from county jails across the country that take at-risk teens and place them into a jail facility where they are basically giving a tour and/or treated like inmates for a day. I am going ignore the fact both sets of parents were in denial or didn't understand what kind of trouble their sons were doing, and assume the parents wanted to take some strict action after the diversion program. ![]() Those crimes eventually could lead to prison time, and in my opinion, Klebold and Harris were at risk youth- it may have seemed like petty crimes but they were serious. ![]() Not to mention, whatever other crimes they may or may not have been caught with (drinking, weapons possession, criminal mischief, and so on). Klebold and Harris, as we know, were caught breaking into a van, vandalism, and using the school's computer to get security sensitive information. ![]()
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