Correctional Boot Camps: Military Basic Training or a Model for Corrections? / Edition 1

by Doris L. MacKenzie

Overview

Criminology and criminal justice researchers MacKenzie (U. of Maryland) and Armstrong (Arizona State U.-West), with the assistance of colleagues, describe and evaluate the correctional sanction based on programming that is modeled after military basic training camp. They discuss the boot camp model, the debate about them, the environment, inmate adjustment and change during incarceration, the impact on future criminal activities, adjustment in the community, special offender populations, the impact on prison crowding, and the future of the approach. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900761929399
Publication date:	02/20/2004
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Doris Layton Mac Kenzie, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland and Director of the Evaluation Research Group. Prior to this position, she earned her doctorate from Pennsylvania State University, was on the faculty of the Louisiana State University where she was honored as a "Researcher of Distinction," and was awarded a Visiting Scientist position at the National Institute of Justice. As Visiting Scientist, she provided expertise to Federal, State and Local jurisdictions on correctional boot camps, correctional policy, intermediate sanctions, research methodology, experimental design, statistical analyses, and evaluation techniques. As an expert in criminal justice, Dr. Mac Kenzie has consulted with State and Local jurisdictions, and has testified before U.S. Senate and House Committees. She has an extensive publication record on such topics as examining what works to reduce crime in the community, inmate adjustment to prison, the impact of intermediate sanctions on recidivism, long-term offenders, methods of predicting prison populations, self-report criminal activities of probationers and boot camp prisons. She directed funded research projects on the topics of: "Multi-Site Study of Correctional Boot Camps," "Descriptive Study of Female Boot Camps," "Probationer Compliance with Conditions of Supervision" and "The National Study of Juvenile Correctional Institutions" and What Works in Corrections. Dr. Mac Kenzie is Past-Chair of the American Society of Criminology's Division on Corrections and Sentencing.

is Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland and Director of the Evaluation Research Group. Prior to this position, she earned her doctorate from Pennsylvania State University, was on the faculty of the Louisiana State University where she was honored as a "Researcher of Distinction," and was awarded a Visiting Scientist position at the National Institute of Justice. As Visiting Scientist, she provided expertise to Federal, State and Local jurisdictions on correctional boot camps, correctional policy, intermediate sanctions, research methodology, experimental design, statistical analyses, and evaluation techniques. As an expert in criminal justice, Dr. Mac Kenzie has consulted with State and Local jurisdictions, and has testified before U.S. Senate and House Committees. She has an extensive publication record on such topics as examining what works to reduce crime in the community, inmate adjustment to prison, the impact of intermediate sanctions on recidivism, long-term offenders, methods of predicting prison populations, self-report criminal activities of probationers and boot camp prisons. She directed funded research projects on the topics of: "Multi-Site Study of Correctional Boot Camps," "Descriptive Study of Female Boot Camps," "Probationer Compliance with Conditions of Supervision" and "The National Study of Juvenile Correctional Institutions" and What Works in Corrections. Dr. Mac Kenzie is Past-Chair of the American Society of Criminology's Division on Corrections and Sentencing.

Gaylene Styve Armstrong, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Arizona State University West. She obtained her doctorate in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Maryland. Her research has focused on corrections, juvenile delinquency, and applied statistical modeling. She was principal investigator on grant funded by the National Institute of Justice that examined the effects of privatization on environmental quality in juvenile correctional facilities. This research on privatization resulted in a book titled Private vs. Public Operation of Juvenile Correctional Facilities. Some of her other recent research can also be found in Crime and Delinquency, Justice Quarterly and Journal of Research on Crime and Delinquency. Recently, Armstrong was nominated for the Carnegie Foundation’s U.S. Professor of the Year Award for her excellence in teaching.

Table of Contents

1.	Introduction	1
Part I.	The Boot Camp Model	5
2.	Boot Camps as a Correctional Option	7
3.	Boot Camp Prisons for Young Offenders	16
4.	Correctional Boot Camps for Juveniles	26
Part II.	The Debate About Boot Camps	47
5.	Shock Incarceration: Rehabilitation or Retribution?	49
6.	A "Machiavellian" Perspective on the Development of Boot Camp Prisons: A Debate	58
Part III.	The Environment of Boot Camps	73
7.	Performance-Based Standards for Juvenile Corrections	75
8.	Perceived Conditions of Confinement: A National Evaluation of Boot Camps and Traditional Facilities	83
9.	Boot Camps and Traditional Correctional Facilities for Juveniles: A Comparison of the Participants, Daily Activities and Environments	92
10.	The Environment and Working Conditions in Juvenile Boot Camps and Traditional Facilities	111
Part IV.	Inmate Adjustment and Change During Incarceration	125
11.	The Impact of Boot Camps and Traditional Institutions on Juvenile Residents: Perceptions, Adjustment, and Change	127
12.	Inmates' Attitude Change During Incarceration: A Comparison of Boot Camp With Traditional Prison	152
Part V.	Impact on Future Criminal Activities	171
13.	Boot Camp Prisons and Recidivism in Eight States	173
14.	Effects of Correctional Boot Camps on Offending	195
Part VI.	Adjustment in the Community	209
15.	Shock Incarceration and Positive Adjustment During Community Supervision	211
16.	Characteristics Associated With Successful Adjustment to Supervision: A Comparison of Parolees, Probationers, Shock Participants, and Shock Dropouts	234
Part VII.	Special Offender Populations in Boot Camps	245
17.	Boot Camp Prisons for Women Offenders	247
18.	Shock Incarceration and Its Impact on the Lives of Problem Drinkers	263
19.	The One-Year Community Supervision Performance of Drug Offenders and Louisiana DOC-Identified Substance Abusers Graduating From Shock Incarceration	279
Part VIII.	System-Level Impacts	295
20.	The Impact of Shock Incarceration Programs on Prison Crowding	297
Part IX.	Boot Camps in the Future	315
21.	Where Do We Go From Here? Boot Camps in the Future	317
	Index	329
	About the Editors	339

Editorial Reviews

"The primary strength of the book is that it provides a fairly comprehensive reader for researchers, teachers, and students interested in a detailed examination of boot camps. In addition, it consolidates a wide variety of articles that discuss the topic of correctional boot camps in one easily accessible location. Consequently, readers interested in the topic of correctional boot camps will walk away from this book with a more detailed knowledge about correctional boot camps then when began and, as such, will find the book a worthwhile read. "

David C. May