TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived conditions of confinement
T2 - A national evaluation of juvenile boot camps and traditional facilities
AU - Styve, Gaylene J.
AU - MacKenzie, Doris Layton
AU - Gover, Angela R.
AU - Mitchell, Ojmarrh
N1 - Funding Information:
An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 1998 Annual American Society of Criminology meeting in Washington, D.C. This investigation was supported in part by Grant #96-SC-LX-0001 from the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, to the University of Maryland. Points of view in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Department of Justice. Thanks are expressed to administrators, staff, and juveniles at the correctional facilities who participated in this research as well as the Center for Substance Abuse Research, which provided some technical assistance.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - In a national study of juvenile correctional facilities, the perceived environment of 22 juvenile boot camps was compared to the perceived environment of 22 traditional facilities. Self-report surveys completed by 4,121 juveniles recorded information on demographics, risk factors, and perceptions of the facility's environment. Compared to juveniles in traditional correctional facilities, boot camp residents consistently perceived the environment as significantly more controlled, active, and structured, and as having less danger from other residents. Boot camp juveniles also perceived the environment as providing more therapeutic and transitional programming. Overall, from the perspective of the juveniles, boot camps appear to provide a more positive environment conducive to effective rehabilitation considering almost all of the conditions measured. A major concern is that in both types of facilities, juveniles perceived themselves to occasionally be in danger from staff (rated as rarely to sometimes).
AB - In a national study of juvenile correctional facilities, the perceived environment of 22 juvenile boot camps was compared to the perceived environment of 22 traditional facilities. Self-report surveys completed by 4,121 juveniles recorded information on demographics, risk factors, and perceptions of the facility's environment. Compared to juveniles in traditional correctional facilities, boot camp residents consistently perceived the environment as significantly more controlled, active, and structured, and as having less danger from other residents. Boot camp juveniles also perceived the environment as providing more therapeutic and transitional programming. Overall, from the perspective of the juveniles, boot camps appear to provide a more positive environment conducive to effective rehabilitation considering almost all of the conditions measured. A major concern is that in both types of facilities, juveniles perceived themselves to occasionally be in danger from staff (rated as rarely to sometimes).
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1005532004014
DO - 10.1023/A:1005532004014
M3 - Article
C2 - 10846373
AN - SCOPUS:0034087052
SN - 0147-7307
VL - 24
SP - 297
EP - 308
JO - Law and Human Behavior
JF - Law and Human Behavior
IS - 3
ER -
