Kids know what to say to who they need to say it to. They know how may times they can break the law, they know how to say the right thing to get the parents in trouble. The court systems these days give the kids a slap on the wrist. It sad really sad. I would agree with you Sandy. We no longer can correct our children but by god we are held responsible if they get into trouble, now tell me how this makes sense. I believe the scared straight programs can work if the name of the program is changes and a few more things were spelled out for the ones who know it all.
I am a parent and wish to god something like this was around with my kid it would of impacted him for sure. It is time to help children and quit treating them like they are idiots. They know how to play the games you legal eagles and do whatever they want, yes, concerned parent. The program is a disaster. They take the kids shoes. Theft is ok. They intimidate.. Force someone to bend to your will. These kids will take all this force into real life.
Did you not understand the article? You are absolutely right that there needs to be something out there to help these kids before they turn to crime; a job, career help, sports programs, an after-school program, counseling and other work can be done.
I can go on for days and hours just discussing this topic because of my experience as a minority brought up in an urban community. It is unfortunate to say that the majority of my friends growing up did not make it to see 18 years of life or even make it to live a crime-free life.
As a teenager, I always tried to insert some knowledge to all my friends to do the right things to prevent jail time or even death but unfortunately, my advice did not work. I came across a great article on governing. This article made me realized that urban communities do in fact have programs to help deter future criminals but the programs are just simply broken.
Scared Straight is a program intended to deter juveniles from participating in future crimes. Juvenile and at-risk youth visits prisons and observes first-hand prison life and interacts with adults prisoners. The Scared Straight intervention was found to be more harmful than doing any good. Even if government agencies had spare cash, it would be irresponsible for them to invest in a program that does more harm than good. But with budgets tight it is more important than ever that agencies focus resources on programs that actually work.
But if it attracts lots of viewers, I know why they choose to do so. After all, the channel is trying to maximize its profits, and more viewers mean more advertising revenue.
Few public officials would stop to think that the programs might actually do more harm than good. Another part of the answer is that government agencies might face political pressure to run these programs. In some cases legislators might direct appropriations to these kind of programs even when the agency is unclear of the merits of doing so. Thankfully, there are ways to do what works. Researchers find numerous effective programs focused on teenagers at risk of re-offending. The WayOut program, for example, administered in Snohomish County, Washington, works with teenagers and parents.
They attend a two-day educational seminar focused on helping young people build a future without crime.
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