Canadian Policing Research Catalogue

Scared Straight and other juvenile awareness programs for preventing juvenile delinquency : a systematic review / Anthony Petrosino, Carolyn Turpin-Petrosino, Meghan E. Hollis-Peel, Julia G. Lavenberg.

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Canadian Policing Research

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1 online resource (55 pages) : charts

Summary

"‘Scared Straight’ and other programs involve organized visits to prison by juvenile delinquents or children at risk for criminal behavior. Programs are designed to deter participants from future offending through first hand observation of prison life and interaction with adult inmates."--Page 6.

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Campbell systematic reviews (The Campbell Collaboration), 1891-1803 ; 2013:5.

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