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2012
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Boot Camp Correctional
World News (London, England).
If you need some audio-visual material concerning boot camp programs this website is for you. It provides access to videos primarily from the United States about various issues surrounding the use of adult and juvenile boot camps.... Read More
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2011
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Pennsylvania’s Motivational Boot Camp Program: What Have We Learned Over the Last Seventeen Years?
By Kempinen, Cynthia A..
Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing (State College, PA).
This bulletin provides a great review of the longer report by the same name (which can be found at the second link). It shows the positive impact the Motivational Boot Camp has on reducing costs to the state and recidivism. Sections of this bulletin are: highlights and recommendations; legislative history; legislative reports; what the Motivational Boot Camp is; who goes to boot camp—demographic and criminal justice factors; attitudinal and behavioral changes among boot camp graduates; boot camp... Read More
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6 pages
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2009
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Challenge Incarceration Program
Minnesota Dept. of Corrections (St. Paul, MN).
Minnesota's Challenge Incarceration Program (CIP) is described. Sections of this overview are: CIP background; importance of criteria; statutory admission criteria; department admission criteria; capacity; and evaluation. This three-phase, voluntary, community program reduced reincarceration by 35%.... Read More
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2 p.
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2009
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The Michigan Department of Corrections Special Alternative Incarceration Program First Year Process Evaluation: An Independent Review of Program Improvements
By Austin, James; Chapman, Gabrielle.
JFA Institute (Washington, DC).
The effectiveness of Michigan’s Special Alternative to Incarceration (SAI) program is assessed. The results from this evaluation should interest other agencies looking to modify aging or inefficient boot camp programs. SAI “was modified significantly in 2008 to become an integral part of the Michigan Prisoner ReEntry Initiative. As such it should no longer be characterized as a traditional boot camp program but an intensive prison diversion and/or release program” (p. 2). Sections contained in t... Read More
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78 pages
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2008
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Effects of Correctional Boot Camps on Offending
By Wilson, David B.; MacKenzie, Doris L.; Mitchell, Fawn Ngo.
Jerry Lee Foundation (Philadelphia, PA).
Campbell Collaboration. Crime and Justice Group (N.P.).
The impact of boot camp programs (also called shock or intensive incarceration) on the criminal behavior of participating juvenile and adult offenders is investigated. Sections comprising this report include: abstract; background; objectives; methods; description of eligible studies; findings according to overall mean effects and analysis of moderator effects (e.g., method, offender, and boot camp program characteristics); and conclusion. "Correctional boot camps are neither as good as the advo... Read More
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42 p.
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2008
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Quehanna Motivational Boot Camp: Performance Analysis and Evaluation
By Antonio, Michael E.; Betts, David; Zangrilli, Travis.
Pennsylvania Dept. of Corrections. Bureau of Planning, Research, Statistics and Grants (Camp Hill, PA).
Results from an assessment of the Quehanna Boot Camp (PA) are provided. This report contains these sections: overview; highlights; goals of camp admission criteria; boot camp reporting; population; Quehanna Boot Camp at Work -- a look at outcomes; recidivism services and treatment; inmate assessment outcomes; Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE); General Education Diploma (GED); Community Work Projects (CWE); drug use, and security. At three years post-release, boot camp graduates have a recidi... Read More
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8 p.
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1998
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Successful Job Placement for Ex-Offenders: The Center for Employment Opportunities
By Finn, Peter.
National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC); National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Education. Office of Correctional Ed.
National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC).
The Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) in New York City provides newly released offenders, primarily boot camp releasees, with a program designed to ease their reintegration into society. This "Program Focus" describes the transition from work crew participation to job placement interview, to permanent employment, to follow-up services. Responsibilities of the CEO staff, its relationship with the community, its success rate, and testimonials from CEO participants are included. ... Read More
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19 p.
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1996
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Boot Camp Program Planning and Facility Design: Residential and Community Program Components
By Swanson, Richard M..
National Institute of Corrections. Jails Division (Longmont, CO).
Developed for NIC Jails Division's Boot Camp Workshop, this document outlines the steps necessary in implementing such a program. It provides lesson plans on planning and staffing issues, as well as overheads and forms used in the workshop.... Read More
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54 p.
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1990
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Proceedings of the First Meeting of the Large Jail Network, June 3-5, 1990, Denver, Colorado
National Institute of Corrections. Jails Division (Boulder, CO).
National Institute of Corrections Information Center (Boulder, CO); LIS, Inc. (Boulder, CO).
Titles of Topic Sessions include: Systems Approaches to Jail Crowding and Population Management; Managing the Crowded Jail; Special Programs; and Boot Camps.... Read More
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23 p.
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