![]() Sparky Harlan, Executive Director/CEO at Bill Wilson Center, is a nationally recognized advocate for youth in foster care and in the juvenile justice system, as well as homeless and runaway youth. Under her leadership, Bill Wilson Center works to prevent poverty by connecting youth to employment, education, housing, and healthy relationships. Note: All content belongs to A&E and its creators, I do not own any rights of Beyond Scared Straight or its characters. Find out how to watch Beyond Scared Straight: Back Talk. Politicians love to cite these scared straight programs, but they are about as effective as the marriages from the Bachelor series. I hate to see limited resources for proven effective youth services be siphoned off for another round of bad practices. I hope the juvenile advocates keep up the debate on the “Beyond Scared Straight” series. The young brain does not fully develop until the mid 20s and impulse control is weak, at best, in the teen years. We now know that most teenagers who commit minor crimes grow out of the behavior. We know more about teenage behavior and brain development since the 70s. The kids that are successful with the scared straight program are the minor offenders, those who are labeled “at risk”, who would have improved without any intervention. I would guess that another follow-up after 90 days might show even worse results.Īfter Scared Straight became popular in the 1970s, a number of research reports evaluated children who went through the program compared to control groups and found that many of the youth who attended “scared straight” programs were actually worse off than the youth who had no intervention. Not a very good success rate for 30 days later. ![]() The show I watched followed up with four kids after 30 days two said their behavior had improved and two said nothing had changed. only this time a cold instrument, bright white lights and many people talking all around her. In reality, the television series does a follow-up with kids after 30 days and finds that some of the youth report that they have changed, while others say nothing has changed. He calls her back right away and says, Hello, what's up. Of course, this is the desired end result. After, the kids go home and never commit a crime again. You handcuff a few kids, take them on a tour of a jail, and let guards and prisoners scream at them all day until they break. How does “Beyond Scared Straight” work? It is easy. Unfortunately, it is back for a new season. I was hoping that after one season the show would die and just go away. “Scared Straight”, the popular 1978 documentary by Arnold Shapiro, has been brought to television as “Beyond Scared Straight.” I avoided watching the new reality television series because all the research shows the scare tactics of taking kids to jail for a day does not work. ![]()
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