9.4. Boot Camps/Shock Incarceration

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Question 1

What is another name for the intermediate sanction known as boot camps?

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Question 2

In which decade and U.S. state were boot camps, or shock incarceration facilities, first developed?

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Question 3

What is the fundamental goal of boot camp programs as described in the text?

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Question 4

The design and philosophy of boot camps are based on what specific ideal?

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Question 5

What is the general finding regarding the effectiveness of boot camps in achieving their goal of reducing recidivism?

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Question 6

What concept is used in the text to explain the popularity and flourishing of boot camps in the 1980s and 1990s?

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Question 7

For which specific group of individuals can the structure and discipline provided by boot camps be considered advantageous?

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Question 8

What is identified as the first and primary reason for the failure of boot camps to reduce recidivism?

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Question 9

What is the negative outcome of having lower admission requirements that lead to 'lumping' diverse offenders together in boot camps?

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Question 10

What do boot camps problematically emphasize over behavioral change, leading to a failure to reduce aggressive behavior?

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Question 11

What two core values did the militaristic ideal of boot camps aim to teach participants through regimens of strict physical exercise?

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Question 12

During which two decades did boot camps flourish as a form of intermediate sanction?

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Question 13

What is the primary method used in boot camps to alter individuals, stemming from their militaristic design?

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Question 14

What was the intended purpose of the 'shock' effect associated with boot camp or shock incarceration facilities?

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Question 15

Under what condition do reductions in recidivism generally fail to appear among boot camp participants?

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Question 16

The ineffectiveness of boot camps is partly because they fail to address what specific type of needs in offenders?

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Question 17

What is the second reason cited in the text for the failure of boot camps, related to their admission process?

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Question 18

What specific negative behavior does the text state is generally not reduced by the boot camp's emphasis on physicality over behavioral change?

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Question 19

What type of scientific review recently confirmed the finding that boot camps' emphasis on physicality does not reduce aggressive behavior?

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Question 20

What was the initial target population for boot camps when they were developed in the 1980s?

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Question 21

How is the concept of 'face validity' explained within the context of boot camps?

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Question 22

The text states that boot camps generally fail to produce reductions in recidivism when what condition related to participant composition exists?

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Question 23

The text mentions that boot camps have lower admission requirements. What is the direct consequence of this policy?

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Question 24

The failure of boot camps to reduce recidivism is directly attributed to their failure to address what type of needs?

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Question 25

The mixing of high-risk and low-risk offenders in boot camps leads to what negative outcome for the low-risk individuals?

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Question 26

According to the text, a recent meta-analysis found that boot camps' emphasis on physicality over behavioral change fails to reduce what specific problem?

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Question 27

Which of the following is NOT listed as a reason why boot camps fail to reduce recidivism?

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Question 28

The text contrasts the boot camp's emphasis on physicality with what other, more desirable, type of change?

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Question 29

The mixing of offenders with differing levels of what four antisocial characteristics is identified as a major problem in boot camps?

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Question 30

What is the direct consequence when a correctional program, such as a boot camp, fails to address criminogenic needs?

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Question 31

What is the ultimate effect on low-risk offenders when they are placed in a 'cohesive group' with high-risk offenders?

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Question 32

What type of effect were boot camps intended to have on individuals, according to the text?

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Question 33

What is the core teaching method employed by boot camps, which is derived from their militaristic design?

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Question 34

Boot camps are based on the idea that physical change will lead to a reduction in what specific outcome?

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Question 35

The text states that the popularity of boot camps was based more on their perceived logic ('face validity') than on what?

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Question 36

What term does the text use to describe a study of studies, which found that boot camps are not effective at reducing aggressive behavior?

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Question 37

Why does mixing offenders with different levels of antisocial temperament and personality in boot camps lead to poor outcomes?

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Question 38

The text states that boot camps were developed as a form of what larger category of punishment options?

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Question 39

What term from the text describes a situation where an intervention's apparent logic and appeal outweigh its proven effectiveness?

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Question 40

The structure and discipline of boot camps are noted to be advantageous only for what type of individual?

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Question 41

Why does the practice of 'lumping' offenders together in boot camps undermine efforts to reduce recidivism?

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Question 42

The failure of boot camps to reduce aggressive behavior is linked to their failure to address what underlying issue?

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Question 43

What is the primary flaw in the boot camp model's logic, according to the three reasons for failure provided in the text?

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Question 44

The text implies that the perceived effectiveness of boot camps, or their 'face validity,' is based on what common but flawed assumption?

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Question 45

The 'cohesive group' that forms when high-risk and low-risk offenders are placed together is problematic because it facilitates what?

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Question 46

What key component of effective rehabilitation is specifically mentioned as being 'often not addressed' within boot camps?

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Question 47

The 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?

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Question 48

What does the text identify as a consequence of the lower admission requirements found in many boot camp programs?

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Question 49

The emphasis on physicality in boot camps is criticized for generally failing to reduce what specific type of behavior, which is linked to antisocial personality?

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Question 50

According 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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