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Direct linkKlenowski, Paul M.; Bell, Keith J.; Dodson, Kimberly D. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2010
Juvenile awareness programs like Scared Straight became popular crime prevention strategies during the 1970s. Juvenile offenders and at-risk youth who participate in these programs are taken to prisons where inmates use confrontational methods to recount stories about violence, sex, and abuse perpetrated by fellow inmates while living a life…
Descriptors: Crime, Crime Prevention, Correctional Institutions, At Risk Students
