Correctional Boot Camps
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Correctional Boot Camps

Military Basic Training or a Model for Corrections?

  1. 344 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Correctional Boot Camps

Military Basic Training or a Model for Corrections?

About this book

Boot camps have developed over the past two decades into a program that incorporates a military regimen to create a structured environment. While some critics of this method of corrections suggest that the confrontational nature of the program is antithetical to treatment, authors Doris Layton MacKenzie and Gaylene Styve Armstrong present research knowledge and personal discussions with community leaders that offer insight into both the strengths and weaknesses of this controversial form of corrections.

Correctional Boot Camps: Military Basic Training or a Model for Corrections? provides the most up-to-date assessment of the major perspectives and issues related to the current state of boot camps. The book goes beyond cursory examinations of the effectiveness of boot camps, presenting an in-depth view of a greater variety of issues. Correctional Boot Camps examines empirical evidence on boot camps drawn from diverse sources including male, female, juvenile, and adult programs from across the nation.

The book explores empirical research on both the punitive and rehabilitative components of the boot camp model and the effectiveness of the "tough on crime" aspects of the programs that are often thought of as punishment or retribution, in lieu of a longer sentence in a traditional facility. Thus, offenders earn their way back to the general public more quickly because they have paid their debt to society by being punished in a short-term, but strict, boot camp.

Correctional Boot Camps is a comprehensive textbook for undergraduate and graduate students studying corrections and juvenile justice. The book is also a valuable resource for correctional professionals interacting with offenders.

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Yes, you can access Correctional Boot Camps by Doris L. MacKenzie,Gaylene S. Armstrong, Doris L. MacKenzie, Gaylene S. Armstrong in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Criminology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Chapter 1 - Introduction
  4. Part I - The Boot Camp Model
  5. Chapter 2 - Boot Camps as a Correctional Option
  6. Chapter 3 - Boot Camp Prisons for Young Offenders
  7. Chapter 4 - Correctional Boot Camps for Juveniles
  8. Part II - The Debate About Boot Camps
  9. Chapter 5 - Shock Incarceration: Rehabilitation or Retribution?
  10. Chapter 6 - A "Machiavellian" Perspective on the Development of Boot Camp Prisons: A Debate
  11. Part III - The Environment of Boot Camps
  12. Chapter 7 - Performance-Based Standards for Juvenile Corrections
  13. Chapter 8 - Perceived Conditions of Confinement: A National Evaluation of Juvenile Boot Camps and Traditional Facilities
  14. Chapter 9 - Boot Camps and Traditional Correctional Facilities for Juveniles: A Comparison of the Participants, Daily Activities and Environments
  15. Chapter 10 - The Environment and Working Conditions in Juvenile Boot Camps and Traditional Facilities
  16. Part IV - Inmate Adjustment and Change During Incarceration
  17. Chapter 11 - The Impact of Boot Camps and Traditional Institutions on Juvenile Residents: Perceptions, Adjustment, and Change
  18. Chapter 12 - Inmates' Attitude Change During Incarceration: A Comparison of Boot Camp With Traditional Prison
  19. Part V - Impact on Future Criminal Activities
  20. Chapter 13 - Boot Camp Prisons and Recidivism in Eight States
  21. Chapter 14 - Effects of Correctional Boot Camps on Offending
  22. Part VI - Adjustment in the Community
  23. Chapter 15 - Shock Incarceration and Positive Adjustment During Community Supervision
  24. Chapter 16 - Characteristics Associated With Successful Adjustment to Supervision: A Comparison of Parolees, Probationers, Shock Participants, and Shock Dropouts
  25. Part VII - Special Offender Populations in Boot Camps
  26. Chapter 17 - Boot Camp Prisons for Women Offenders
  27. Chapter 18 - Shock Incarceration and Its Impact on the Lives of Problem Drinkers
  28. Chapter 19 - The One-Year Community Supervision Performance of Drug Offenders and Louisiana DOC-Identified Substance Abusers Graduating From Shock Incarceration
  29. Part VIII - System-Level Impacts
  30. Chapter 20 - The Impact of Shock Incarceration Programs on Prison Crowding
  31. Part IX - Boot Camps in the Future
  32. Chapter 21 - Where Do We Go From Here? Boot Camps in the Future
  33. Index
  34. About the Editors