Correctional Boot Camps:; Military Basic Training or a Model for Corrections?

by Doris L. MacKenzie

• ISBN13: 9780761929390
• ISBN10: 0761929398
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-20
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

Correctional Boot Camps: Military Basic Training or a Model for Corrections? provides the most up-to-date assessment of the major perspectives and issues related to the current state of boot camps. The book goes beyond cursory examinations of the effectiveness of boot camps, presenting an in-depth view of a greater variety of issues. Correctional Boot Camps examines empirical evidence on boot camps drawn from diverse sources including male, female, juvenile, and adult programs from across the nation.

Table of Contents

Chapter 01. Introduction. - D.L. MacKenzie

SECTION I: THE BOOT CAMP MODEL

Chapter 02. Boot Camps as a Correctional Option. - G.S. Armstrong

Chapter 03. Boot Camps for Young Adult Offenders. - D. L. MacKenzie & D. G. Parent

Chapter 04. Correctional Boot Camps for Juveniles. - D. L. MacKenzie & A. Rosay

SECTION II: THE DEBATE ABOUT BOOT CAMPS

Chapter 05. Shock incarceration: Rehabilitation or retribution? - D.L. MacKenzie, L. A. Gould, L. M. Riechers & J. W. Shaw

Chapter 06. A "Machiavellian" perspective on the development of boot camp prisons: A debate. - D. L. MacKenzie & C. Souryal

SECTION III: THE ENVIRONMENT OF BOOT CAMPS

Chapter 07. Performance Based Standards for Juvenile Corrections - D. L. MacKenzie, G. J. Styve, and A. Gover

Chapter 08. Perceived Conditions of Confinement: A National Evaluation of Boot Camps and Traditional Facilities - G. J. Styvey, D. L. MacKenzie, A. R. Gover, and O. Mitchell

Chapter 09. Boot Camps and Traditional Correctional Facilities for Juveniles: A Comparison of the Participants, Daily Activities and Environments - A. R. Gover, D. L. MacKenzie, and G. Styve

Chapter 10. The Environment and Working Conditions in Juvenile Boot Camps and Traditional Facilities - O. Mitchell, D. L. MacKenzie, A. R. Gover, and G. J. Styve

SECTION IV. Inmate Adjustment and Change during Incarceration

Chapter 11. The Impact of Boot Camps and Traditional Institutions on Juvenile Residents: Adjustment, Perception of the Environment and Changes In Social Bonds, Impulsivity, and Antisocial Attitudes - D. L. MacKenzie, D. B. Wilson, G. S. Armstrong, and A. R. Gover

Chapter 12. Inmate Attitude Change During Incarceration: A Comparison of Boot Camp with Traditional Prison - D. L. MacKenzie and C. Souryal

SECTION V. Impact on Future Criminal Activities

Chapter 13. Boot Camp Prisons and Recidivism in Eight States - D. L. MacKenzie, B. Brame, D. McDowell, and C. Souryal

Chapter 14. Effects of Correctional Boot Camps on Offending - D. L. MacKenzie, D. B. Wilson, and S. B. Kider

SECTION VI. Adjustment in the Community

Chapter 15. Shock Incarceration and Positive Adjustment during Community Supervision - D. L. MacKenzie and R. Brame

Chapter 16. Characteristics Associated with Successful Adjustment to Supervision - D. L. MacKenzie, J. W. Shaw, and C. Souryal

SECTION VII. Special Offender Populations in Boot Camps

Chapter 17. Boot Camp Prisons for Women Offenders - D. L. MacKenzie and H. Donaldson

Chapter 18. Shock Incarceration and Its Impact on the Lives of Problem Drinkers - J. S. Shaw and D. L. MacKenzie

Chapter 19. The One-Year Community Supervision Performance of Drug Offenders and Louisiana DOC-Identified Substance Abusers Graduation from Shock Incarceration - J. W. Shaw and D. L. MacKenzie

SECTION VIII. System Level Impacts

Chapter 20. The Impact of Shock Incarceration Programs on Prison Crowding - D. L. MacKenzie and A. Piquero

SECTION IX. The Future

Chapter 21. Where Do We Go From Here? - D.L. MacKenzie and G. S. Armstrong