I was flipping through channels and happened on Beyond scared straight. They had brought 12 to 17 year olds to a real prison to get continuously shouted at, right in there faces, by multiple adults. Including having them line up in and get the same treatment from hardened prisoners promising them bodily harm and other abuse.
As a parent I can not believe this is a real program (apparently it is). http://jjie.org/scared-straight-story-2/8693/ My respect for the US justice system has gone done even further. And people wonder why kids hate the police...
Apparently there are more such shows and programs
http://healthland.time.com/2013/01/25/how-effective-are-tactics-used-on-tv-shows-to-treat-troubled-teens/
It’s not like there’s a shortage of data or any scientific controversy over Scared Straight’s actual results. In fact, a Cochrane review — the gold standard for evidence-based medicine — concluded that kids sent to Scared Straight were 68-71% more likely to commit crimes than those randomized to receive no intervention at all.
What happened to the nature boot camp programs. Team building while learning actual survival skils is far more effective than fear tactics. What is wrong with people.
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