Misguided, abusive and potentially harmful. That’s how six experts characterized a program in Chester County, S.C., that is designed to scare at-risk youths into better behavior. A Rock Hill Herald ...

Carl Cannon wants to make things clear up front: He is not in the business of doing scared-straight programs. "This is different," Cannon, the founder of Elite Community Outreach, said before a Friday ...

When teenagers get into trouble, what should their parents do? A couple of months ago, a father wrote to Dear Abby with that very question. His 16-year-old daughter had become a "nightmare," he said, ...