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Originally Posted by Psycho Dad
But is it because our prisons are not enough of a deterrent or because they fail in rehabilitation? And even if prisons fail in rehabilitation why doesn’t the prison experience itself provide some deterrent? I remember seeing Scared Straight on TV as a kid and it truly scared the hell out of me. I wonder how they young people being thrust in front of the prisoners did as far as staying out of prison.
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Scared straight was actually proven to INCREASE the chances of people committing crime. Basically what happened was the kids found it "cool" that they were associating with hardened criminals... I can't explain it, but that's what the research has shown.
Scared straight was a disastrous failure.