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

Correct answer: When individuals of differing antisocial levels are all mixed together.

Explanation

This question requires the student to recall the specific details about offender grouping that contribute to the ineffectiveness of boot camps.

Other questions

Question 1

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

Question 2

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

Question 3

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

Question 4

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

Question 11

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

Question 12

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

Question 13

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

Question 14

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

Question 15

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

Question 16

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

Question 17

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

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?

Question 19

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

Question 20

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

Question 21

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

Question 23

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

Question 24

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

Question 25

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

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?

Question 27

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

Question 28

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

Question 29

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

Question 30

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

Question 31

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

Question 32

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

Question 33

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

Question 34

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

Question 35

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

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?

Question 37

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

Question 38

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

Question 39

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

Question 40

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

Question 41

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

Question 42

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

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?

Question 44

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

Question 45

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

Question 46

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

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?

Question 48

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

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?

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?