The Scared Straight Program Was Designed to Deter Juvenile Defenders

question 12

Multiple Choice

The Scared Straight Program was designed to deter juvenile defenders from a life of crime by exposing them to the realities of being incarcerated in prison.Initial evaluations of the program reported that between 80% and 90% of program participants did not commit additional offenses.Later evaluations found:

• A) the initial evaluations would have benefited from the use of a control group and random assignment.
• B) Program participants were actually more likely to reoffend than were juvenile offenders who did not participate.
• C) the program actually reinforced attitudes and behaviors that are associated with criminality.
• D) all of the above.

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