Explain the function of boot camps and discuss their success rates
What will be an ideal response?
The answer should include the following points:
- boot camps—military-style facility used as an alternative to prison—emphasizing military discipline, physical training, and regimented activity for 30 to 120 days
- intent of these programs is to shock youthful offenders to prevent them from committing further crimes—most programs generally exclude sex offenders, armed robbers, and violent offenders
- key components to maximize their effectiveness: education and job training and placement, community service, substance abuse counseling and treatment, health and mental health care, individualized and continuous case management, and intensive aftercare services
- success rate—three programs—located in Cleveland, Denver, and Mobile—were funded through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
- Doris MacKenzie study—experiences of 2,668 juveniles in twenty-six boot camps—juveniles in boot camps perceived their environments as more positive or therapeutic
- follow-ups on juvenile boot camps have found recidivism rates to be slightly higher or about the same as those of traditional juvenile facilities
- 2007 federal report—disappointing recidivism results; juvenile death and exploitation
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