Practice Profile: Juvenile Boot Camps

Evidence Rating for Outcomes

Crime & Delinquency | Multiple crime/offense types

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Juvenile boots camps, also called shock or intensive incarceration programs, are short-term residential programs that resemble military basic training facilities and target adjudicated juveniles. The practice is rated Ineffective. The likelihood of boot camp participants recidivating was roughly equal to the likelihood of comparison participants recidivating.

Date Created: July 17, 2024
Practice Snapshot

Age: 13 - 18

Gender: Male, Female

Targeted Population: Prisoners, Young Offenders

Setting (Delivery): Correctional

Practice Type: Alternatives to Incarceration/Prison, Diversion, Specific deterrence

Unit of Analysis: Persons