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

• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (339 p.)
• Disciplina: 365.34
• Soggetto topico: Shock incarceration; Criminals - Rehabilitation
• Altri autori: MacKenzieDoris L ArmstrongGaylene Styve
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Correctional boot camps
• ISBN: 9781322419312; 1322419310; 9781483328874; 1483328872; 9781452245201; 1452245207
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811620003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II