Correctional boot camps [[electronic resource] ] : military basic training or a model for corrections? / / editors, Doris Layton MacKenzie, Gaylene Styve Armstrong

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910478947103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 2004
• ISBN: 9781322419312; 1-322-41931-0; 1-4833-2887-2; 1-4522-4520-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MacKenzieDoris L; ArmstrongGaylene Styve
• Disciplina: 365.34; 365/.34
• Soggetti: Shock incarceration; Criminals - Rehabilitation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Part I - The Boot Camp Model; Chapter 2 - Boot Camps as a Correctional Option; Chapter 3 - Boot Camp Prisons for Young Offenders; Chapter 4 - Correctional Boot Camps for Juveniles; Part II - The Debate About Boot Camps; Chapter 5 - Shock Incarceration: Rehabilitation or Retribution?; Chapter 6 - A ""Machiavellian"" Perspective on the Development of Boot Camp Prisons: A Debate; Part III - The Environment of Boot Camps; Chapter 7 - Performance-Based Standards for Juvenile Corrections; Chapter 8 - Perceived Conditions of Confinement: A National Evaluation of Juvenile Boot Camps and Traditional FacilitiesChapter 9 - Boot Camps and Traditional Correctional Facilities for Juveniles: A Comparison of the Participants, Daily Activities and Environments; Chapter 10 - The Environment and Working Conditions in Juvenile Boot Camps and Traditional Facilities; Part IV - Inmate Adjustment and Change During Incarceration; Chapter 11 - The Impact of Boot Camps and Traditional Institutions on Juvenile Residents: Perceptions, ; Adjustment, and Change; Chapter 12 - Inmates' Attitude Change During Incarceration: A Comparison of Boot Camp With Traditional PrisonPart V - Impact on Future Criminal Activities; Chapter 13 - Boot Camp Prisons and Recidivism in Eight States; Chapter 14 - Effects of Correctional Boot Camps on Offending; Part VI - Adjustment in the Community; Chapter 15 - Shock Incarceration and Positive Adjustment During Community Supervision; Chapter 16 - Characteristics Associated With Successful Adjustment to Supervision: A Comparison of Parolees, Probationers, Shock Participants, and Shock Dropouts; Part VII - Special Offender Populations in Boot CampsChapter 17 - Boot Camp Prisons for Women Offenders; Chapter 18 - Shock Incarceration and Its Impact on the Lives of Problem Drinkers; Chapter 19 - The One-Year Community Supervision Performance of Drug Offenders and Louisiana DOC-Identified Substance Abusers Graduating From Shock Incarceration; Part VIII - System-Level Impacts; Chapter 20 - The Impact of Shock Incarceration Programs on Prison Crowding; Part IX - Boot Camps in the Future; Chapter 21 - Where Do We Go From Here? Boot Camps in the Future; Index; About the Editors
• Sommario/riassunto: Boot camps have developed over the past two decades into a programme that incorporates a military regimen to create a structured environment. The authors assess the role played by this method of correction in the US & discuss the strengths & weaknesses of the system.