With the new implications to the program, however, (read further down until you see the section), I will need all of the financial help I can get trying to change from a very inexpensive program to one of the most expensive ones. There will need to be a very concrete plan of action for details once the switch over gets approved and we get back the federal grants.
Comparison.
There are quite a few juvenile awareness programs that target at-risk youth in America and through my research I wanted to compare the Scared Straight program with South Carolina's Operation behind bars, South Carolina's Project Right Turn, Think twice, Horry County Diversion program and the National Guard's Youth Challenge. All five programs have some really successful aspects to them that I would like to implement to the Scared Straight program to make it successful and possibly gain the monetary help from the Federal government again. Most students in the class have personally went through South Carolina Department of Corrections' Operation Behind Bars because of a mandatory lower level criminal justice class. It started in 1992, but since then it has spread to fifteen prisons across South Carolina (SC Dept of Corrections 2015). Instead of feeding off one's fear and intimidation, the free-of-charge program uses a more realistic approach. Other than that minute detail, it utilizes the same lesson plan as the scared straight program. South Carolina's Project Right Turn has the same end goal in mind as the Scared Straight programs but it focuses on educating both the juvenile and the parent. Project Right Turn does not aim to scare juveniles straight, it aims to educate juveniles on the potential consequences of continued delinquent behavior and its impact on their lives and personal freedoms (SC Dept. of Corrections 2015). Having an educational element for the guardians takes it one step further to ensure that both child and parent are on the same page and able to work together.
