9.4. Boot Camps/Shock Incarceration
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What is another name for the intermediate sanction known as boot camps?
View answer and explanationIn which decade and U.S. state were boot camps, or shock incarceration facilities, first developed?
View answer and explanationWhat is the fundamental goal of boot camp programs as described in the text?
View answer and explanationThe design and philosophy of boot camps are based on what specific ideal?
View answer and explanationWhat is the general finding regarding the effectiveness of boot camps in achieving their goal of reducing recidivism?
View answer and explanationWhat concept is used in the text to explain the popularity and flourishing of boot camps in the 1980s and 1990s?
View answer and explanationFor which specific group of individuals can the structure and discipline provided by boot camps be considered advantageous?
View answer and explanationWhat is identified as the first and primary reason for the failure of boot camps to reduce recidivism?
View answer and explanationWhat is the negative outcome of having lower admission requirements that lead to 'lumping' diverse offenders together in boot camps?
View answer and explanationWhat do boot camps problematically emphasize over behavioral change, leading to a failure to reduce aggressive behavior?
View answer and explanationWhat two core values did the militaristic ideal of boot camps aim to teach participants through regimens of strict physical exercise?
View answer and explanationDuring which two decades did boot camps flourish as a form of intermediate sanction?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary method used in boot camps to alter individuals, stemming from their militaristic design?
View answer and explanationWhat was the intended purpose of the 'shock' effect associated with boot camp or shock incarceration facilities?
View answer and explanationUnder what condition do reductions in recidivism generally fail to appear among boot camp participants?
View answer and explanationThe ineffectiveness of boot camps is partly because they fail to address what specific type of needs in offenders?
View answer and explanationWhat is the second reason cited in the text for the failure of boot camps, related to their admission process?
View answer and explanationWhat specific negative behavior does the text state is generally not reduced by the boot camp's emphasis on physicality over behavioral change?
View answer and explanationWhat type of scientific review recently confirmed the finding that boot camps' emphasis on physicality does not reduce aggressive behavior?
View answer and explanationWhat was the initial target population for boot camps when they were developed in the 1980s?
View answer and explanationHow is the concept of 'face validity' explained within the context of boot camps?
View answer and explanationThe text states that boot camps generally fail to produce reductions in recidivism when what condition related to participant composition exists?
View answer and explanationThe text mentions that boot camps have lower admission requirements. What is the direct consequence of this policy?
View answer and explanationThe failure of boot camps to reduce recidivism is directly attributed to their failure to address what type of needs?
View answer and explanationThe mixing of high-risk and low-risk offenders in boot camps leads to what negative outcome for the low-risk individuals?
View answer and explanationAccording to the text, a recent meta-analysis found that boot camps' emphasis on physicality over behavioral change fails to reduce what specific problem?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following is NOT listed as a reason why boot camps fail to reduce recidivism?
View answer and explanationThe text contrasts the boot camp's emphasis on physicality with what other, more desirable, type of change?
View answer and explanationThe mixing of offenders with differing levels of what four antisocial characteristics is identified as a major problem in boot camps?
View answer and explanationWhat is the direct consequence when a correctional program, such as a boot camp, fails to address criminogenic needs?
View answer and explanationWhat is the ultimate effect on low-risk offenders when they are placed in a 'cohesive group' with high-risk offenders?
View answer and explanationWhat type of effect were boot camps intended to have on individuals, according to the text?
View answer and explanationWhat is the core teaching method employed by boot camps, which is derived from their militaristic design?
View answer and explanationBoot camps are based on the idea that physical change will lead to a reduction in what specific outcome?
View answer and explanationThe text states that the popularity of boot camps was based more on their perceived logic ('face validity') than on what?
View answer and explanationWhat term does the text use to describe a study of studies, which found that boot camps are not effective at reducing aggressive behavior?
View answer and explanationWhy does mixing offenders with different levels of antisocial temperament and personality in boot camps lead to poor outcomes?
View answer and explanationThe text states that boot camps were developed as a form of what larger category of punishment options?
View answer and explanationWhat term from the text describes a situation where an intervention's apparent logic and appeal outweigh its proven effectiveness?
View answer and explanationThe structure and discipline of boot camps are noted to be advantageous only for what type of individual?
View answer and explanationWhy does the practice of 'lumping' offenders together in boot camps undermine efforts to reduce recidivism?
View answer and explanationThe failure of boot camps to reduce aggressive behavior is linked to their failure to address what underlying issue?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary flaw in the boot camp model's logic, according to the three reasons for failure provided in the text?
View answer and explanationThe text implies that the perceived effectiveness of boot camps, or their 'face validity,' is based on what common but flawed assumption?
View answer and explanationThe 'cohesive group' that forms when high-risk and low-risk offenders are placed together is problematic because it facilitates what?
View answer and explanationWhat key component of effective rehabilitation is specifically mentioned as being 'often not addressed' within boot camps?
View answer and explanationThe text explains that boot camps generally fail to reduce recidivism. This overall failure is attributed to a combination of factors, beginning with which primary omission?
View answer and explanationWhat does the text identify as a consequence of the lower admission requirements found in many boot camp programs?
View answer and explanationThe emphasis on physicality in boot camps is criticized for generally failing to reduce what specific type of behavior, which is linked to antisocial personality?
View answer and explanationAccording to the text, what is the primary reason that a regimen of strict physical exercise in boot camps fails to produce lasting behavioral change?
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