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Summary Of Beyond Scared Straight

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Beyond Scared Straight is a television show that is a documentary about youth that complete the program because of juvenile delinquency. The closure of information to public view is limiting due the nature of the television series. As a way to conduct the research, Beyond Scared Straight will be the independent variable. Its focus is more to stress the morbidly devastating difficulties that await the youths provided they continue their actions as opposed to a readily available source for research. The dependent variable of recidivism is rather complex to measure due to limited follow up following two to three months. As a way to measure the dependent variable, the outcome of how adequate “scare tactics” seems to affect the product would be …show more content…

More specifically, it is a repeated cross sectional design examining the treatment given to identify problematic children bent on criminal proceedings. The research conclusion is based on the group’s assessment of the progress of the intervention program Beyond Scared Straight (BSS). Below is the rundown of the treatment, groups, tests, data collection and sample. The cumulative analysis will inevitably reveal what the effects psychological stress to affect criminally learned behavior. The treatment we are evaluating is experimental and determines whether the psychological shock of direct immersion into prison reality will deter troubled misdemeanant youths from continuing down a criminal pathway. Beyond Scared Straight by A&E is a program that begins at 0800 hours normally to roughly 1700 hours. The troubled youths usually number in the single digits. Upon arrival the subjects undergo mildly invasive conversation with inmates who hardly refrain from expletives or showing of violent …show more content…

As a part of data collection, the first, third and ninth season were viewed. The three seasons were chosen randomly by the group. Within the Scared Straight Program, there is a brief interview of the child before the treatment chronicling the behavior and day to day activity followed by a post interview after the completion of the scared straight visit. The follow-ups included interviews of each participants and had succinct paragraphs detailing the current changes in behavior and activity with the minor exceptions being those incarcerated or unavailable due to extrinsic

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