searches in psychology as well as criminal justice. Articles published from 1970 to the present were acceptable for review‚ as boot camps have been in use since that time. The key words used in searching electronic resource databases were boot camp‚ recidivism‚ adolescent‚ juvenile‚ delinquent‚ and shock incarceration. Bibliographies and references found in the articles were also perused for additional leads. Most of the articles were in electronic full text format or available through interlibrary loan
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have been far too lenient. Either way‚ juvenile delinquency is threatening the safety and order of society throughout America today. These Juveniles are obviously not receiving the proper tools to succeed in life. Many of them come out of prison‚ probation‚ juvenile detention‚ and are angrier than before. This leads to the short term effect of them repeating their offenses. It may also lead to a long term effect‚ transforming them into a more violent‚ angry‚ and troubled adult offenders that spend
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Internet restrictions such as creating multiple undisclosed user names and the masking of identities is irrelevant if Internet access is prohibited. Similarly‚ issues regarding whether legislation accurately targets the tendencies likely to reduce recidivism is irrelevant if a broad prohibition is
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The author(s) shown below used Federal funds provided by the U.S. Department of Justice and prepared the following final report: Document Title: Alternative Sentencing Policies for Drug Offenders: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Kansas Senate Bill 123‚ Executive Summary Don Stemen‚ Andres F. Rengifo 238013 March 2012 2006-IJ-CX-4032 Author: Document No.: Date Received: Award Number: This report has not been published by the U.S. Department of Justice. To provide better customer service
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community centric corrections programs known as justice reinvestment. Reinvestment programs are intended to reduce recidivism and reroute the money that would have been spent on incarceration to crime prevention programs instead. (Clear‚ et al‚ 2012). The Department of Probation (DOP) has begun placing NeON facilities in communities with the highest concentrations of residents sentenced to probation. The goal is to save money by diverting offenders from prison and providing services and opportunities for
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Incarceration Drug addiction has increased drastically across America in the last fifty years. Non-violent drug offenders fill our jails and prisons. Taxpayer dollars are put into a prison system that is proving to be counter-productive. Recidivism rates are high. Drug Court is an alternative to incarceration that offers rehabilitation to criminal offenders. In drug court‚ the traditional functions of the U.S. justice system are profoundly altered. The judge is the leader of a treatment team
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punishment while examining both methods. In 1974‚ an article entitled “What works? A question and answer about prison reform appeared in The Public Interest. This article stated‚ to paraphrase‚ that very few rehabilitative programs actually reduced recidivism‚ which is another word for repeated criminal offenses (Martinson 1974). In essence‚ this was a final nail in the coffin for rehabilitation‚ at least for the time being. Looking back‚ we now see that by the time the article was published‚ there
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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”). Boot camps are very positive because it requires individuals to stick to
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remained largely unchallenged‚ despite a wealth of research documenting the limited effect of such policies on crime. A broad range of choices now exist in many courtrooms‚ while sentencing options were once largely limited to incarceration and probation. (n.d. State Sentencing Reforms) Significant new sentencing options have become available over the past few decades‚ which are considered intermediate sanctions. Intermediate sanctions employ sentencing alternatives that fall between outright imprisonment
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community corrections programs combine sentencing guidelines and judicial discretion ("front-end") with a variety of alternative sanctions and parole and probation options. In the second model‚ some states have instituted programs in which correctional officials may direct already sentenced offenders into alternative sanction programs and parole and probation options ("back-end"). Both models are designed to help reduce prison overcrowding and are less expensive alternatives to prison. Widespread development
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