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    with troubled teens sometimes turn to boot camps to help their children. Juvenile boot camps are styled after military training camps and are designed to instill disciple and structure in young people. It started as an alternative to jail teenagers who had committed crimes and most state run programs for these troubled teens. The biggest advantage of boot camps are that they teach self-control, responsibility, and respect for authority. In a typical teen boot camp they are required to get up, shower

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    Boot Camps and Juvenile Crime Five years ago, responding to an increase in serious juvenile crime, the state of Maryland initiated one of the nation's largest boot camp programs for teenage criminals. The program, called the Leadership Challenge, quickly became the model for other states. But last week, after reviewing a task force report that documented instances of physical abuse at their camps, Maryland officials appeared on the verge of conceding that the current initiative was a failure.

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    most challenging things on the planet earth? Boot camp, also known as basic training, is one of the toughest programs you may go through. It requires a lot of physical and mental preparation and strength. Depending on which branch of the military you go into, there are different requirements and needs but one is just as challenging as the other. The length of boot camp is about three to four months long depending on the branch you go into. Boot camp is very mentally and physically challenging but

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    particular prison boot camps. Boot camps are not as popular as they have been in the past. “Correctional boot camps otherwise known as shock or intensive incarceration programs are short-term residential programs that resemble military basic training and target convicted adult offenders. The camps are designed to reduce recidivism and encourage the offenders to take a new approach to life. Prison boot camps first emerged in the United States “Georgia and Oklahoma in 1983, since then boot camps have spread

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    Kimberly, I agree with your concept about boot camp, especially the education aspect. However I believe boot camps are not very effective, reason being, the time span of two to six months is very short, furthermore, when these juveniles are released back into society, they go back to the same neighborhood, same friends and family member, which usually is bad influences. However, I have heard so many stories from several, parents who had juveniles in boot camp, this program did them no justice, because

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    Juvenile boot camps (shock or intensive incarceration programs) are a short - term residential programs that resembles military basic training and target adjudicated juvenile offenders. The reasoning behind having juvenile boot camps is to shorten the time that the offenders are given for their sentence. Boot camp is meant for trouble teens who have a minor jail or prison sentence. If they fail to complete the whole sixteen month program they will be sent to jail or either state prison to complete

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    This paper will describe the basic operations of juvenile boot camps, look in-depth at a Cleveland, Ohio boot camp, describe the principles of effective intervention are, and then apply the principles of effective intervention to evaluate whether the Cleveland, Ohio juvenile boot camps was effective at reducing recidivism. Juvenile boot camps are typically a military and hard labor style environment that is completely separate from other prison or jail inmate. The military style gives offenders

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    Juvenile boot camps are a military and hard labor style environment that is completely separate from other prison or jail inmate. The military style gives offenders a strict, scheduled environment. Often offenders placed in boot camps are nonviolent and typically spend six months or less in the program as an alternative to longer jail sentence. The goal of juvenile boot camps are to deter future delinquent activity and rehabilitate the offender. Other goals of juvenile boot camp include incapacitation

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    proposal in the American school classroom. The basic role of kindergarten is to show children the understudy part, comprising of accommodating, arranging, following bearings, not intruding, and so on. The instructor in Gracey's article, Kindergarten as Boot Camp, Edith Kerr, gave a reasonable case of how well meaning, not well prepared educators methodically wipe out the unconstrained interests and perceptions of understudies. Kerr more than once disregarded the kids in such endeavors and declined to go

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    Life in Navy Boot Camp By Jamaree Goldsby It was a warm summer evening as I packed for Navy Boot Camp. I carefully went down the list of things I could take and ensured I didn’t have anything else. A little nervous I went to talk to my parents about my move to becoming my own man. I looked at their faces and could tell that although they were proud they were a little nervous about their only son leaving home for the first time. My mom tried to smile but she was proud yet nervous because

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