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    Name: Tutor: Course: Date: How Effective Are Probation Boot Camps? Probation Boot Camps Probation boot camps refer to correctional centers that follow a military essential training model‚ which emphasizes discipline as well as physical conditioning. They are based on shock incarceration and military techniques‚ and are aimed at assisting young offenders. The first known boot camp was started in 1971 in Idaho though their popularity did not start until 1983 when they were created in Oklahoma

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    alternative to juvenile offenders facing time at a juvenile facility is for them to attend a boot camp. Boot camps are a detention center in which youthful offenders are detained for a limited period of time. Boot camps are structured in a fashion that is modeled in a way similar to military training camps. These boot camps target criminal offenders that are under the age of 18. The goal of these militant boot camps is to take juvenile offenders and modify their problem behaviors‚ which include anti-social

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    Boot Camp’s Mental Impact Going to Basic Military Training for the United States Air Force was a life changing experience. It started with the intense dramatic change in my personal lifestyle. From living comfortably at my parent’s house‚ eating whatever I want to eat and being able to visit with friends and family on my own time. To being stripped of my own name and identity‚ only to be referred to as “Trainee”‚ losing all of my luxuries and freedoms I once took for granted. However I was not

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    Correctional boot camps are short-term residential program that resemble military basic training and target convicted adult offenders. Boot camps first appeared in Georgia (1983) and Oklahoma (1984). Boot camps are designed as alternative sanctions to reduce recidivism rates‚ as well as prison populations and operating costs. Correctional boot camp programs were developed to reduce recidivism by changing inmate’s problems and behaviors that contribute to their odds of reoffending (“Crime Solutions”)

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    Boot camps‚ reception and diagnostic centers‚ and ranches/forestry camps are alternative places for juvenile offenders to be housed instead of placing them in jail or prison. These camps and centers have one main purpose and that is to help rehabilitate juvenile offenders. Boot camps are a military designed program that focuses on physical training‚ and regimented activity. Juveniles are usually housed at these types of camps for a period of 60-120 days. In these boot camps a range of counseling

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    programs such as boot camps and/or an intensive parole and probation supervision program. A program’s considered ineffective if the program has been found to have a negative impact on juveniles and their recidivism rates. Studies show individuals that attend programs such as deterrence‚ scared straight‚ and programs that teach the juvenile discipline actually increase recidivism in youth; having higher rates of reentering the prison system (Wilson‚ 2011‚ p. 106). Scared straight and boot camp programs focus

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    Boot Camps: An Idea Whose Time Came and Went Five years ago‚ responding to an increase in serious juvenile crime‚ the state of Maryland initiated one of the nation’s largest boot camp programs for teenage criminals. The program‚ called the Leadership Challenge‚ quickly became the model for other states. But last week‚ after reviewing a task force report that documented instances of physical abuse at their camps‚ Maryland officials appeared on the verge of conceding that the current initiative

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    November 15‚ 2012 Are Boot Camps and Scared Straight Programs Effective for Juvenile Offenders? Boot camps were introduced in Louisiana in 1985 and dealt with juvenile offenders in the Orleans Parish. From existence of boot camps there has been major criticism and controversy on the issue. In 1954 a congressional bill was passed funding crime prevention in the states. 30 billion dollars were set aside for the crime bill and 8 billion was directed for funding prisons and boot camps. This bill contributed

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    my dream of becoming a pilot in the Navy. I decided to sign myself up for a boot camp that was being held at the Naval Academy. I was very satisfied to see that there was not a lot of people signed up for the camp. However‚ I knew that I still had to be in the best shape of my life. A week passed and I was ready for the wear and tear of the boot camp. Finally‚ the day came to start boot camp. The first day of boot camp was way different than what I expected. Actually‚ it was very easy

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    According to Gracey in the article‚ “Kindergarten as Academic Boot Camp” ‚ the rules and routines of a classroom are important to children to form a "little society" for them to function in. she speaks about the relevance of the daily structure and routine that kindergarten has on infants. It creates a world for them to function in. Stripping them away from their identity and individuality is what is occurring here. They are being told what to draw in art class; children crave order and this

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