A recently elected city council member is facing her first vote - an appropriations measure to raise financing for the Scared Straight program. Juvenile crime is rising in the city, citizens are concerned and want the authorities to do something, and the police chief is promoting the Scared Straight Program as one part of the option.
But the council member learns from a co-worker at the community college that research reveals the Scared Straight Program has a negative effect on youth - causing more offense among some. How should she vote? How could she want actions and describe the research to constituents who are worried and frightened?
Scared Straight Freeport City Council Takes on Juvenile Delinquency case study solution
PUBLICATION DATE: July 07, 2016 PRODUCT #: KS1189-HCB-ENG
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