Juvenile Boot Camps Research Paper

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, educational programs, and military style discipline throughout the day help the juvenile focus on their life in a different perspective that just being placed on probation at home. Reception and diagnostic centers are initially a place where juvenile