The program helps juveniles connect feelings associated with their violent behavior and to identify alternative ways to respond (“Specialized Correctional Treatment,” 2017). Youth involved in the program are required to reenact their crimes and to play the role of both the perpetrator and victim. This specific technique is portrayed in the novel Last Chance in Texas by John Hubner (2005); within the novel Corinne Alvarez–Sanders explains, Role plays are especially effective with adolescents because they are close to their childhood. Kids have fewer barriers and defenses. I never saw hardness inside these kids, I saw it as a level of clothing that could be removed. Underneath it, there is softness, and were there is softness, there is hope.
