Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Human Resources on Rahway State Prison 'Juvenile Awareness Project' and the 'Scared Straight' film

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Title:
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Human Resources on Rahway State Prison 'Juvenile Awareness Project' and the 'Scared Straight' film
Description:
Concerning the Rahway program and the documentary that portrays it, specifically focusing on the purported 80 to 90 percent success rate of the program in discouraging delinquent youths from committing crimes. The methods for choosing the juveniles who were featured in the film and aspects of the filmmaking itself are criticized. Miller and Hoelter call into question the success of delinquency prevention programs and comment that "simplistic solutions to juvenile crime will probably lead to more problems."
Creator:
Miller, Jerome G., 1931-2015
Contributor:
Hoelter, Herbert H.
Date:
June 4, 1979
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Testimonies
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 3 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Judi Chamberlin Papers
Subjects:
Juvenile delinquency
Juvenile delinquency--Prevention
Extent:
17 p.
Link to Item:
https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums768-b003-f026-i034
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Place of origin:
Washington (D.C.)
Language:
English
Notes:
Digitization sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources.
Identifier:
mums768-b003-f026-i034