NCJ Number
180215
Date Published
December 1998
Length
98 pages
Annotation
This study reports on implementation of the first 9 months of the Virginia intermediate sanction juvenile boot camp program.
Abstract
During the residential phase of the program, recruits made demonstrated gains in academic performance, self-esteem and physical fitness. Recruits reported a perceived improvement in their delinquent activity, beliefs about control over their future, decision making skills, personal responsibility, anger management and respect for authority. Ten percent of the juveniles admitted to the residential phase of the program did not complete it. Four percent of all the admissions were eventually removed from the program for disciplinary reasons; 6 percent were removed for medical or administrative reasons. Twenty-four percent of the juveniles on aftercare were removed from the program for committing new offenses (20 percent technical violations of probation and 4 percent delinquent offenses). None of the juveniles had completed the 10-month boot camp program (4 months residential and 6 months aftercare) at the time of the first annual evaluation. Long-term program impact has not yet been determined. The report contains 14 recommendations regarding the program. Notes, tables, figures, bibliography, indexes