al life is too perfect of a result. The actual records of the kids who had prior arrest records should have been followed up on after the program. Also, not all of the children were delinquents to begin with. There is no way that they would decide after leaving the Scared Straight program, to become criminals. Finckenauer tried to make sure all of the kids in his study were delinquent. He had a lot of difficulty with the youth groups and other sources for the funding and extension of this experiment. Although there were many methodological problems with his study, Finckenauer was on the right track. If programs like these work, they need to be implemented all around the United States (assuming there are willing inmate participants). The in jail shock programs are free because the inmates to not get compensated monetarily for their time. If these programs do work, even a small percentage, why spend money on high dollar treatments that do not get through to the youth today. Maybe after seeing the prisoners in the jail will help make it clear that it is not a place to be. For some kids it is too late, but some of the younger ones could be influenced and scared straight. Hopefully, more cities will have inmates that are trying to have stereotypes abolished. Right now the Lifers Group holds meetings every Monday about these children. A maximum of 35 adults (parents, guardians, and concerned citizens) are permitted to attend this discussion. With the majority of adults in the prisons being juvenile offenders, imagine if they were caught early and the program worked. A possible future research solution should be focused on the kids going through the program now. They should pick a certain program date to start monitoring these kids for at least 10 years after their meeting with the Lifers. If these kids have criminal records, it should be attached to their files that theyve completed the Lifers program. Any arrest after the...
