The program achieved success reporting that of a total of 8,000 juvenile delinquents exposed to the program, an overwhelming 80% of them remained law-abiding citizens (Shapiro, 1978). The program was even revisited 20 years later in a television special that followed 17 of the young delinquents who had followed the original program. The special concluded that only one of the young delinquents had become a professional criminal (Muhammed, 1999). Following the success of the Scared Straight program, similar programs were replicated in more than 30 jurisdictions throughout the United States as well as several foreign countries, including Australia's Day in Prison program (O'Malley et al., 1993), the Ullersmo project Norwegian (Lloyd, 1995) and the German Neo-Nazi Prevention Program (Hall, 1999). In addition to their reported success, these programs have gained popularity because they are inexpensive (some programs estimate a cost of less than US$1 per participant) and also provide inmates with the opportunity to make positive contributions to society (Finckenauer,