LSCI 106: ONLINE RESEARCH 1: INTRODUCTION TO ONLINE RESEARCH

Student Project

WEBLIOGRAPHY

RESEARCH QUESTION:

What is the effect of Juvenile Boot Camps on Youth Offenders ?

The goal of this research project is to determine the impact that boot camps have on juvenile offenders. It is asking the Criminal Justice System are these programs effective in reducing crime among our youth. Are these programs able to reduce crime the rate among juveniles? The critical question are the boot camps a effective way to discipline our juvenile offenders or are we just wasting tax payers dollars in setting up programs that just fail or do not help our juvenile offenders at all.

 

GENERAL SEARCH WORKSHEET

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Search Terms

 

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Shock Incarceration

Boot Camps

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Juvenile

Youth

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evaluation

recidivism

effectiveness

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WEBLIOGRAPHY
 

Aspen Education Group. 2001. 1 May 2003. <http://www.aspeneducation.com/>.

The Aspen Education Group is a corporation. It is sent up to help people in the age range of 11­­-25 who need strong and effective educational services. It is also set up to get parents to enroll their troubled child or children into a wilderness or outdoor programs. The company also has residential schools as well. The Aspen Education Group state they are the leader in their particular industry. The group provides great quality and, great value for their particular services.

 

Cronin, Roberta C. Boot Camps for Adult and Juvenile Offenders. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, overview and update / National Institute of Justice, 1994. http://catalog.plsinfo.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1Y5C989K20734.732&menu=search&aspect=basic_search&npp=10&ipp=20&profile=dial&ri=&index=GW&term=juvenile+boot+camps&aspect=basic_search&x=10&y=8#focusfocusfocusfocus

Mackenzie, Doris Layton, et. al. “The Impact of Boot Camps and Traditional Institutions on Juvenile Residents: Perceptions, Adjustment, And Change.” Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 38.3 (August 2001): 279+. abstract. InfoTrac OneFile. Gale Group. 1 May. 2003. <http://web6.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/875/559/35939409w6/purl=rc1_ITOF_0_A77027296&dyn=7!ar_fmt?sw_aep=plan_skyline>.

”TYC Boot Camp Program.” Texas Youth Commisssion.  31 January 2003. State of Texas. 1 May 2003.  <http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/programs/boot_camp.html>.

The Texas Youth Commission was authorized to operate a boot camp facility by the Texas Legislature in 1995. The Sheffield Boot Camp, located in Sheffield, Texas, south of Midland-Odessa, opened on February 6, 1995. The facility was remodeled from what was formerly an elementary school in the Iraan Independent School District.

Tyler, Jerry, Ray Darville and Kathi Stalnaker. “Juvenile Boot Camps: A Descriptive Analysis of Program Diversity and Effectiveness.” The Social Science Journal 38.3 (July 2001): 445+. InfoTrac OneFile. Gale Group. 1 May. 2003. <http://web6.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/261/80/35939247w6/purl=rc1_ITOF_0_A78901862&dyn=5!ar_fmt?sw_aep=plan_skyline>.

“Youth Justice Updates State by State.” CYC-NET: The International Child and Youth Care Network. 11 July 2001. The International Child and Youth Care Network. 1 May 2003. <http://www.cyc-net.org/Newsdesk/newsdesk-000417-d.html>.

 

 

 

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