Seven facts that have stood out to me from this article are, that they effect positive behavior in individuals, juveniles are more in turn to rules, and regulations and are less anti-social when talking with other people this stood out as you would think individuals would be less social as they are confirmed to stick rules and regulations. 2ed was also, shown to have improved mental skills and educational skills for the juveniles as these individuals lacked many of these skills prior to going into the boot camps this is important as this shows some improvement in these individuals which is a core foundation for these individuals. Third fact is that people going through boot camps spend 90-120 days in boot camp this is too short of a time to determine if this is the solo factor in over to be able to judge that this amount of time spent in boot camp prevents bad behavior. The fourth fact that stands out is, that people who were demined to be claimed as being normal once graduating out of boot camp were not shown to keep the same retivism rates once leaving boot camp this shows that outside factors play a difference in the amount of effect that a person will or not committed a crime based on the exposer. Fifth fact is that once a juvenile left the program the program would no longer have any contact with the individual meaning that this individual would relapse without having any buffers in place to prevent them from committing any type of future crimes. Sixth factors such as intimation, pressure and humaltion are shown to have a negative effect on teens stated by the article most have depression anxiety and other issues this only further progresses their mental state. Seventh and last policy is that turmeric boarding schools have been shown to have a better effect on teens when trying to deal in place of boot camps this shows to have a better effect of emotional treating these juveniles. Eagle789
I agree that 90- 120 days is too short of a time for people to have an effect. I think that this might stick with these teens for a short period of time, but I do not believe that they would have this lasting effect for the rest of their lives. As soon as they get back out into the groups they were with before, they will fall to the peer pressure and old lifestyle they are use to. Also it surprised me very much to hear that they do not have anymore contact once out of the camp. This would make it almost definite that they would relapse back to their old ways of doing things. - ST789
No matter what, I believe we have to find a way to have success in improving teen behavior. In some ways I believe that boot camps do have a positive effect on the long term success as it can effect their changes in attitude and how well they can respond to authority, and how they respond to different rules and regulations. When it comes to “low dosage” I would have to agree because I believe that these kids should be spending more time in these boot camps to have a full effect on them and how they change to be better citizens in society. I believe in the video they said it was a 16 month camp? I could be wrong, but I thought that is what it said and thats what it should be. Especially amongst teens, recidivism should be a top priority. Kids should be able to be apart of one of these programs and then be better off to go into society and never have to come back. That should be priority number 1. When it comes to military model being used for juvenile treatment, I believe it works. The military style adds an authority figure in their lives and they have to adjust, as some of them may not have an authority figure in their lives. Yes some kids would lash out at an authority figure, but it helps build their character and gives them an opportunity to change their attitude. When it comes to aftercare, I believe these kids should be looked out for and helped out after they are released so They don't end up going back to the same life they put them in a boot camp in the first place. PAWW789
I completely agree with you when you talk about the “low dosage” and when you say they need to spend more time in this boot camps that way it has more of an effect on them when they go back out into the real world and or tempted with the same things that got them in trouble in the first place. I also completely agree the recidivism should take top priority in the sense that we don’t want these kids coming back once they are 20, 30, 40 years old. That would basically mean the system did not have such a great effect on these juveniles. I am however not completely convinced that these Juno Boot Camp‘s are such a great thing. I truly believe that if they have the right background you can work for them but if they don’t this physical regimen will just be a way for them to get back on the street quicker. -RHB789
The first big thing that stood out to me in this article was that these juveniles are more likely to conform to the rules and regulations of Boot Camp rather than a regular juvenile center. He also said that they reported I would be more social and I can see how that would make sense. I would be talking from personal experience is but when a group of kids are undergoing harsh physical training often times the band together and try to push each other, this reminded me a lot of training for sports. Another big thing listed out to me was that people are wondering if Facebook amps are long enough and if we can rehabilitate these juveniles in 90 to 120 days. This is something I would definitely like to see more research to determine whether or not these short sentences can have long-term positive effects on these juvenile offenders. This was probably the biggest thing that I noticed was that once a juvenile has left Boot Camp there is no contact with the individual after that. That to me is very surprising because if an individual starts to slip up again there may not be anyone who cares enough to help them back on the right track. Obviously the biggest thing that we want to avoid with these juvenile offenders is a high recidivism rate. There should be more of a focus on helping these kids get the treatment they need. As well as providing them the tools they need to succeed in future legitimate jobs or in schooling. There is a better chance for these individuals to get back on the right path because they are so young and have their whole lives ahead of them. Personally I am not convinced that a physical regiment is necessary at all to get this done. -RHB789
I agree with you when you say that kids undergoing hard physical training in boot camps band together and try to push each other, just like kids do during their training for certain sports. During these physical training exercises, there is no room for mistakes. If one person makes a mistake, big or small, the entire group of kids has to pay for that by doing more, harder physical training. None of the kids want to be that guy who makes everyone else pay for their mistake. So, every single kid forms together and pushes each other to ensure that they don't have to do any extra physical training. -Fozz789
This article shared the positives and negatives that come along with teenage boot camps and whether or not they are actually working and doing the job they were made to do. One fact that stuck out to me discussed how boot camps have been shown to have effective positive changes on the attitudes, behavior, and perception among the participants. By sending these troubled youths to these strict boot camps, they are disciplined if they do something incorrectly. With doing this, the participants learn the proper ways to do certain things and also learn how to feel about and deal with many different things that they are faced with every day. Another fact I liked from the article stated that in one study, it was found that teenage participants have increased self-esteem, improved coping skills, and are more inclined to provide help to other participants or volunteer to community tasks. Before entering boot camp, there was a very low chance that they would both cope/think about what they are doing before they do it and help other people in the community. After going through boot camp, the participants really learned and understood how they should think through what they are planning to do before they do it. Also, they should get more involved within the community as this will help them become better people overall. The final fact that stood out to me explained how teen boot camps have been ineffective in rehabilitating troubled youth. This is due to the fact that boot camp and all of the supervisors involved with it do not go with the participants once they complete it. For about six months after completing the camp, participants begin to revert back to their old ways and forget about what the camp taught them. Because of this, the "rehabilitation" of troubled youth only lasts half a year and then the youths forget everything that was taught to help them, and they go back to committing whatever crimes they were doing before the camp. -Fozz789
I agree with you that this program might help the trouble youth with behavioral and attitude problems. It even gives them a glance of why they are in here and changes their mindsets for those 6 months. But in reality you are right that those changes will not stay with them because they end up living in the same place with the same people who probably showed them what crimes to do in the first place. They will never truly understand what they did wrong in serious cases without some time on their hands. Boot Camps are just not a solution to rehabilitation. Hollywood789
You are exactly right about how it help the trouble of the youth and can get them in the right direction. With having boot camps you can connect with that kid and try and find out what there real problem is so yo can treat that so they will not end back up in prison. Gator789
You are right when you say that it help troubled youth, however, I find that most of the time, we end up putting them back into the correctional system later if they do not take the lesson to heart. This is even worse if they go back to the place where it all started and it is almost a guarantee if they are re integrated back into the crowd they used to roll with before the incident of arrest. Boot camps are a good thing on paper but when enacted in real time, we only get marginal success from what I have seen. –TheMarshall789
Boot Camps have a lot of highs and lows to them. One fact that stood out to me was that most of those juveniles in the boot camp have children and a lot of them. Also the most of the children they are under the age of three. This surprised me because it showed me the difference in culture and where you live. Most of these young men just wanted status on the street and to get as many women as they could which would eventually end up with them pregnant. Another fact was that they are more likely to respond to rules and regulations during this camp. Yes there are some that act out and don't respond well to the treatment, but most banned together to accomplish their goal to become better people. Another fact that I realized by watching this film is that after six months of the boot camp they are sent on their own with no follow up. So most kids are more likely to go live where all the crime started happening which tends for them to slip up again. Which is sad because they don't have anyone looking out for them. One other fact is that the drill sergeants are not getting paid much for doing this job. They are only paid a couple dollars over minimum wage which is not very much. To me that wouldn't even been worth doing, especially just to scream in a kids face. Lastly, most of these kids don't have a highschool education because they either dropped out or got kicked out. So during this program they have classes and are able to get their GED. Which I thought was pretty nice. All in all I really do not think that boot camps are really helpful because truthfully they only work for a little bit after they are done and then the kids go back to doing the same crimes they started with in the first place. Hollywood789
This is the wrong paragraph....here is the right one! Sorry! By reading this article it showed both positive and negative effects in boot camps. One thing that stood out to me was that in boot camps they participants are more likely to change their behavior and attitudes when going through physical activity. The article even said that this kids are more likely to have higher self esteem, improved coping skills, and willingness to help another participant in the program. Another big thing talked about in this article was that education is a big thing. The kids are able to get their GED while in those camps and learn some more information on life skills and job training. These could be very helpful in the future when they are trying to look for a job. They will be right with everyone else and fall behind. Some negative effects to these boot camps are that the duration of them being there is way to short. The 90-120 day span is not really going to affect them in long term and that is why recidivism is very high. It is going to take more 6 months to change a life time of behavioral and attitude programs especially in young adults that are just now maturing. One thing that is a issue is that after the program they have no contact with the kid. So they do not check up on them to make sure they are staying down the right path. Which is in turn really doing nothing because most kids have to go back and stay in the same place with the same people that started this whole thing. There is really no big turn around after these camps in the first place. All in all boot camps might just not be the right way to rehabilitate kids to do the right thing. They are so influenced during this time in age that their will never really be a big change. Hollywood789
I'm still going to stick to what I believe and that is that kids that are troubled need to be put in boot camp and people need to try and get them right so they can make a living and not be in prison the rest of there life. The first thing that really stood out to me is that these juveniles are more likely to conform to the rules and regulations of Boot Camp rather than a regular juvenile center. With this being said its good to have this because they need that screaming that they wont get if they are in a juvenile center because they are just trying to help them stay out of trouble but the are really not helping them. Another thing that you can get out of boot camp is how kids will not return to a troubled life because they are straight now. When most kids get out of juvenile center they go right back to there same life and they wont make it because they don't have there head on straight and all they know how to do is cause crimes because they learned from the other kids. Boot camps are a main thing for our kids and they need to be put in there if they are going down the wrong path because its easier to fix them young than when they are older. I think that is good to punish the whole group for one messing up because you have to learn on how to work as a team and when one fails you all fail and that will build character in you because you will try and help the individual so you will not get punished again. Gator789
I agree with trying to straighten the person out in order that they may not end up creating more problems once they are members of society. But people also require emotional mental, or needs as well we are more than animals meaning that our needs and wants may co inside of one another but giving stick rules to people who already hate themselves or life in general that feel alienated is to give them tools in order that these people may have a small chance at being successful. eagle789
I agree with many of the benefits provided by boot camps, but I feel like you missed many of the problems with boot camps. Boot camps are great for people who are physically and mentally fit for the regiments that they provide, but can be very damaging to those who are not. I am curious as to what you think about the proposed alternative of therapeutic boarding schools. If it is possible to make these schools accessible to those who are currently going to boot camp, I feel as though they would be far more effective. While I am still contemplating this issue, I do think that boot camps have their place in society and should be utilized for those who are most likely to be bettered by them, but it seems that boot camps leave many root causes of criminal behavior unaddressed. -Rudedogg789
The article started out by saying people in these boot camps have increased self esteem, coping skills, and more willing to volunteer for community based work. This is a great thing because most of these people probably never felt this kind of improvement. NExt the article says that the dosage of such camps is too short of a time to effectively change someones behaviour. Granted, it depends on the person. Some people might be hit a little harder by a camp like this. Most likely though it would not last very long. I would have to agree with this though. It may last a few month or years, but will most likely not last them their lifetime. According to Muscar, the atmosphere of these boot camps is not a good one for these teens. Muscar believes that the environment if negative which for troubled teens is not a good idea to enforce. The environment would be people yelling at them and telling them when and how to do certain things. This comment I would have to agree with. Most likely these teens came from a place where they had a negative environment they grew up in. Many of them are the way they are because of that and putting them back into a place where they get the same vibe could be detrimental to their progress. Apparently, she found that these camps have led to dozens of abuse cases and deaths. Thus shedding negative light on these programs. Personally if i saw that these camps had caused such things I would be very hesitant to go to one for help. The last thing I found could be good is boarding schools. The article mentioned that according to NIJ, boarding schools have a more positive impact on troubled teens than bootcamps. - ST789
I agree with what you said about how these camps can have many positive effects on the juveniles that are in them, whether those effects be mental or physical. We also know however that these effects do not last forever and they often times fade away in a few months. The real challenge for these kids is that they need to stick with it after they have left the boot camp. Another thing that i agree with you about is the fact there are some negatives to these camps such as how some of them have been found to have a few deaths occur because the instructors were too hard on some of the offenders. Pack789
The article provides a lot of good information for us as it attains to kids and boot camps. The article starts out with talking about how the boot camps can have positive effects on the offenders that attend, in fact they have very positive effects, however as we know that the real challenge for the kids that go through the boot camps in trying to stick with their “training” and not falling back on their old habits. The first article also talks about how the kids who went through this program also have increased self-esteem, mental health and increased problem-solving skills. The next thing that the article talks about is the fact that these boot camps are far too short to produce any real recidivism rate drops. Most camps are anywhere between 90-120 days or sometimes lesser than that. The article argues that these short-term stays do not do much to help the offenders in trying to improve their attitudes and lives. We know from the video that we viewed in class that no matter the length of the stay at these boot camps, it often times does matter because the things that they learn in boot camp fade away after a couple of months pass once they leave the boot camp. Another thing that the article touches on that I can completely agree with and back up is the fact that militaristic model of boot camp does not belong in the juvenile system. We know that the military style can sometimes work with young adults, however this style does not really work with juveniles. In fact, the article states how, this model of boot camp and actually be very detrimental to the mental health and overall health of juveniles. The camp instructors can often times be very abusive mentally and sometimes physically too, which is bad because some of the kids in these camps often have had abusive parents and childhoods. Pack789
The first thing that I noticed about this article is that it is published on a site that helps to connect people to boot camps, but appears to take the stance that boot camps are inherently flawed and better alternatives are available. I admire this because the website could have easily published a biased article that only showed the positive effects of boot camps in order to increase admissions, but remained objective in order to increase awareness of changes that could be made. The second thing that caught my attention was the claim that there is no evidence that boot camps reduce recidivism. The documentary that we watched for the other blog claimed that boot camps had a significant effect on criminal recidivism. This article provided what it claimed was a psychiatric definition of recidivism, but it seems that the definition was worded incorrectly because it defined recidivism as the rate of decrease of tendency to fall into negative behavior but also claimed that boot camps aimed to reduce recidivism which does not make sense. The fourth thing of interest was the discussion of the military models currently inherent to bootcamps as they currently exist. I would agree that the military model could have adverse effects on people with certain mental conditions and may not be the best motivator for success in the long term. Aside from that, many people do well in the strict routines provided and enforced by boot camps, but do not know how to function outside of that kind of environment. The fifth and most interesting thing to me was the proposed alternative of therapeutic boarding schools. I had not previously been aware of the existence of these, and think that they would be much more effective than boot camps. I imagine that, because they require more time and more skilled faculty, that they would be much more expensive than boot camps are. However, I think that this route would be the most beneficial to society as cognitive behavioral therapy is widely accepted as the most effective form of psychological help and is very hard to access for many of these troubled individuals. In fact, these individuals have little access to professional psychological help at all and it is likely that a good amount of them have psychological problems that make them more likely to commit crime. Upon completing the article, I am wondering how likely it is that we will see a transition to therapeutic boarding schools, and I also wonder if boot camps have any place alongside these boarding schools -Rudedogg789
Personally, I believe that boot camps, while a good idea on paper, is not a very good idea when put into action. From what I have seen in the site and other forms of media on the subject, I just do not believe that it is working that well. Do not get me wrong, there are some things that are beneficial and good from the correction boot camps. In my opinion though, the cost and struggle of the correctional boot camp outweigh the benefits. One thing that I saw that was good was the recidivism rate among those who attended the shock incarceration. However, I also still believe that this form of shock incarceration only instills permanent values within a few of those attendees and that most of those who attend will end up completing criminal acts again within six months, especially if they return to their old hunting grounds. The site even says that a military oriented mindset and training do not belong in the correctional system in the US. I agree with that fully. Only about 1% of people join the military. It is not for the faint of heart and most people cannot handle a life like that. The shock might even be too much for them and they could have a breakdown of mental capacity and end up hurting someone or themselves. These correctional boot camps are not what they seem and I believe that they do not hold as much weight to them as some people will swear by. Honestly, I believe that boot camps are a waste of time and money that could be spent towards something more useful, like rehabilitation or something of that sort. –TheMarshall789
The decision teenager make to juvenile boot camp is not an easy one to make. But to my decisions I will rather suffer that short period of time rather than staying in prison for a long period of time. The objective of a juvenile boot camp is to dramatically and radically change of the behaviors, the thinking patterns and the priority of troubled youth who are in their care. Think about all than punishment and yelling to their ears they go though. A teenager who has gone through all this, learn from this and never repeat their behavior again. The stress and effort of each day will tire this teenagers of young male and females out in ways they never considered possible. But because each day will be one of regular short term tusks that are difficult to do, that lifestyle will reorient the way a troubled youth thinks and view life. So when this young generation finally achieves a goal and hears that drill instructor say, that will give these young male and female a sense of self-worth like nothing he or she ever felt before. It is the feeling of self-esteem that teenager will crave each day at the camp. That desire for accomplishment and self-esteem will be instilled in the youth at juvenile boot camp so they come out of the camp with work ethic that drives them towards success for the rest of their lives as well. When young generations returns from a juvenile boot camp you will be living with a youth who knows what a regimented lifestyle of hard work is all about. Their attitudes towards relationship, goals and priorities will be changed forever. The lifestyle of the boot camp will alter those values for the better and permanently as well. Even though they are going through a lot but there is a better outcome.GUSII 789
Seven facts that have stood out to me from this article are, that they effect positive behavior in individuals, juveniles are more in turn to rules, and regulations and are less anti-social when talking with other people this stood out as you would think individuals would be less social as they are confirmed to stick rules and regulations. 2ed was also, shown to have improved mental skills and educational skills for the juveniles as these individuals lacked many of these skills prior to going into the boot camps this is important as this shows some improvement in these individuals which is a core foundation for these individuals. Third fact is that people going through boot camps spend 90-120 days in boot camp this is too short of a time to determine if this is the solo factor in over to be able to judge that this amount of time spent in boot camp prevents bad behavior. The fourth fact that stands out is, that people who were demined to be claimed as being normal once graduating out of boot camp were not shown to keep the same retivism rates once leaving boot camp this shows that outside factors play a difference in the amount of effect that a person will or not committed a crime based on the exposer. Fifth fact is that once a juvenile left the program the program would no longer have any contact with the individual meaning that this individual would relapse without having any buffers in place to prevent them from committing any type of future crimes. Sixth factors such as intimation, pressure and humaltion are shown to have a negative effect on teens stated by the article most have depression anxiety and other issues this only further progresses their mental state. Seventh and last policy is that turmeric boarding schools have been shown to have a better effect on teens when trying to deal in place of boot camps this shows to have a better effect of emotional treating these juveniles. Eagle789
ReplyDeleteI agree that 90- 120 days is too short of a time for people to have an effect. I think that this might stick with these teens for a short period of time, but I do not believe that they would have this lasting effect for the rest of their lives. As soon as they get back out into the groups they were with before, they will fall to the peer pressure and old lifestyle they are use to. Also it surprised me very much to hear that they do not have anymore contact once out of the camp. This would make it almost definite that they would relapse back to their old ways of doing things.
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No matter what, I believe we have to find a way to have success in improving teen behavior. In some ways I believe that boot camps do have a positive effect on the long term success as it can effect their changes in attitude and how well they can respond to authority, and how they respond to different rules and regulations. When it comes to “low dosage” I would have to agree because I believe that these kids should be spending more time in these boot camps to have a full effect on them and how they change to be better citizens in society. I believe in the video they said it was a 16 month camp? I could be wrong, but I thought that is what it said and thats what it should be. Especially amongst teens, recidivism should be a top priority. Kids should be able to be apart of one of these programs and then be better off to go into society and never have to come back. That should be priority number 1. When it comes to military model being used for juvenile treatment, I believe it works. The military style adds an authority figure in their lives and they have to adjust, as some of them may not have an authority figure in their lives. Yes some kids would lash out at an authority figure, but it helps build their character and gives them an opportunity to change their attitude. When it comes to aftercare, I believe these kids should be looked out for and helped out after they are released so They don't end up going back to the same life they put them in a boot camp in the first place. PAWW789
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you when you talk about the “low dosage” and when you say they need to spend more time in this boot camps that way it has more of an effect on them when they go back out into the real world and or tempted with the same things that got them in trouble in the first place. I also completely agree the recidivism should take top priority in the sense that we don’t want these kids coming back once they are 20, 30, 40 years old. That would basically mean the system did not have such a great effect on these juveniles. I am however not completely convinced that these Juno Boot Camp‘s are such a great thing. I truly believe that if they have the right background you can work for them but if they don’t this physical regimen will just be a way for them to get back on the street quicker.
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The first big thing that stood out to me in this article was that these juveniles are more likely to conform to the rules and regulations of Boot Camp rather than a regular juvenile center. He also said that they reported I would be more social and I can see how that would make sense. I would be talking from personal experience is but when a group of kids are undergoing harsh physical training often times the band together and try to push each other, this reminded me a lot of training for sports. Another big thing listed out to me was that people are wondering if Facebook amps are long enough and if we can rehabilitate these juveniles in 90 to 120 days. This is something I would definitely like to see more research to determine whether or not these short sentences can have long-term positive effects on these juvenile offenders. This was probably the biggest thing that I noticed was that once a juvenile has left Boot Camp there is no contact with the individual after that. That to me is very surprising because if an individual starts to slip up again there may not be anyone who cares enough to help them back on the right track. Obviously the biggest thing that we want to avoid with these juvenile offenders is a high recidivism rate. There should be more of a focus on helping these kids get the treatment they need. As well as providing them the tools they need to succeed in future legitimate jobs or in schooling. There is a better chance for these individuals to get back on the right path because they are so young and have their whole lives ahead of them. Personally I am not convinced that a physical regiment is necessary at all to get this done.
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I agree with you when you say that kids undergoing hard physical training in boot camps band together and try to push each other, just like kids do during their training for certain sports. During these physical training exercises, there is no room for mistakes. If one person makes a mistake, big or small, the entire group of kids has to pay for that by doing more, harder physical training. None of the kids want to be that guy who makes everyone else pay for their mistake. So, every single kid forms together and pushes each other to ensure that they don't have to do any extra physical training.
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This article shared the positives and negatives that come along with teenage boot camps and whether or not they are actually working and doing the job they were made to do. One fact that stuck out to me discussed how boot camps have been shown to have effective positive changes on the attitudes, behavior, and perception among the participants. By sending these troubled youths to these strict boot camps, they are disciplined if they do something incorrectly. With doing this, the participants learn the proper ways to do certain things and also learn how to feel about and deal with many different things that they are faced with every day. Another fact I liked from the article stated that in one study, it was found that teenage participants have increased self-esteem, improved coping skills, and are more inclined to provide help to other participants or volunteer to community tasks. Before entering boot camp, there was a very low chance that they would both cope/think about what they are doing before they do it and help other people in the community. After going through boot camp, the participants really learned and understood how they should think through what they are planning to do before they do it. Also, they should get more involved within the community as this will help them become better people overall. The final fact that stood out to me explained how teen boot camps have been ineffective in rehabilitating troubled youth. This is due to the fact that boot camp and all of the supervisors involved with it do not go with the participants once they complete it. For about six months after completing the camp, participants begin to revert back to their old ways and forget about what the camp taught them. Because of this, the "rehabilitation" of troubled youth only lasts half a year and then the youths forget everything that was taught to help them, and they go back to committing whatever crimes they were doing before the camp.
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I agree with you that this program might help the trouble youth with behavioral and attitude problems. It even gives them a glance of why they are in here and changes their mindsets for those 6 months. But in reality you are right that those changes will not stay with them because they end up living in the same place with the same people who probably showed them what crimes to do in the first place. They will never truly understand what they did wrong in serious cases without some time on their hands. Boot Camps are just not a solution to rehabilitation.
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You are exactly right about how it help the trouble of the youth and can get them in the right direction. With having boot camps you can connect with that kid and try and find out what there real problem is so yo can treat that so they will not end back up in prison. Gator789
DeleteYou are right when you say that it help troubled youth, however, I find that most of the time, we end up putting them back into the correctional system later if they do not take the lesson to heart. This is even worse if they go back to the place where it all started and it is almost a guarantee if they are re integrated back into the crowd they used to roll with before the incident of arrest. Boot camps are a good thing on paper but when enacted in real time, we only get marginal success from what I have seen. –TheMarshall789
DeleteBoot Camps have a lot of highs and lows to them. One fact that stood out to me was that most of those juveniles in the boot camp have children and a lot of them. Also the most of the children they are under the age of three. This surprised me because it showed me the difference in culture and where you live. Most of these young men just wanted status on the street and to get as many women as they could which would eventually end up with them pregnant. Another fact was that they are more likely to respond to rules and regulations during this camp. Yes there are some that act out and don't respond well to the treatment, but most banned together to accomplish their goal to become better people. Another fact that I realized by watching this film is that after six months of the boot camp they are sent on their own with no follow up. So most kids are more likely to go live where all the crime started happening which tends for them to slip up again. Which is sad because they don't have anyone looking out for them. One other fact is that the drill sergeants are not getting paid much for doing this job. They are only paid a couple dollars over minimum wage which is not very much. To me that wouldn't even been worth doing, especially just to scream in a kids face. Lastly, most of these kids don't have a highschool education because they either dropped out or got kicked out. So during this program they have classes and are able to get their GED. Which I thought was pretty nice. All in all I really do not think that boot camps are really helpful because truthfully they only work for a little bit after they are done and then the kids go back to doing the same crimes they started with in the first place.
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This is the wrong paragraph....here is the right one! Sorry!
DeleteBy reading this article it showed both positive and negative effects in boot camps. One thing that stood out to me was that in boot camps they participants are more likely to change their behavior and attitudes when going through physical activity. The article even said that this kids are more likely to have higher self esteem, improved coping skills, and willingness to help another participant in the program. Another big thing talked about in this article was that education is a big thing. The kids are able to get their GED while in those camps and learn some more information on life skills and job training. These could be very helpful in the future when they are trying to look for a job. They will be right with everyone else and fall behind. Some negative effects to these boot camps are that the duration of them being there is way to short. The 90-120 day span is not really going to affect them in long term and that is why recidivism is very high. It is going to take more 6 months to change a life time of behavioral and attitude programs especially in young adults that are just now maturing. One thing that is a issue is that after the program they have no contact with the kid. So they do not check up on them to make sure they are staying down the right path. Which is in turn really doing nothing because most kids have to go back and stay in the same place with the same people that started this whole thing. There is really no big turn around after these camps in the first place. All in all boot camps might just not be the right way to rehabilitate kids to do the right thing. They are so influenced during this time in age that their will never really be a big change.
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I'm still going to stick to what I believe and that is that kids that are troubled need to be put in boot camp and people need to try and get them right so they can make a living and not be in prison the rest of there life. The first thing that really stood out to me is that these juveniles are more likely to conform to the rules and regulations of Boot Camp rather than a regular juvenile center. With this being said its good to have this because they need that screaming that they wont get if they are in a juvenile center because they are just trying to help them stay out of trouble but the are really not helping them. Another thing that you can get out of boot camp is how kids will not return to a troubled life because they are straight now. When most kids get out of juvenile center they go right back to there same life and they wont make it because they don't have there head on straight and all they know how to do is cause crimes because they learned from the other kids. Boot camps are a main thing for our kids and they need to be put in there if they are going down the wrong path because its easier to fix them young than when they are older. I think that is good to punish the whole group for one messing up because you have to learn on how to work as a team and when one fails you all fail and that will build character in you because you will try and help the individual so you will not get punished again. Gator789
ReplyDeleteI agree with trying to straighten the person out in order that they may not end up creating more problems once they are members of society. But people also require emotional mental, or needs as well we are more than animals meaning that our needs and wants may co inside of one another but giving stick rules to people who already hate themselves or life in general that feel alienated is to give them tools in order that these people may have a small chance at being successful. eagle789
DeleteI agree with many of the benefits provided by boot camps, but I feel like you missed many of the problems with boot camps. Boot camps are great for people who are physically and mentally fit for the regiments that they provide, but can be very damaging to those who are not. I am curious as to what you think about the proposed alternative of therapeutic boarding schools. If it is possible to make these schools accessible to those who are currently going to boot camp, I feel as though they would be far more effective. While I am still contemplating this issue, I do think that boot camps have their place in society and should be utilized for those who are most likely to be bettered by them, but it seems that boot camps leave many root causes of criminal behavior unaddressed. -Rudedogg789
DeleteThe article started out by saying people in these boot camps have increased self esteem, coping skills, and more willing to volunteer for community based work. This is a great thing because most of these people probably never felt this kind of improvement. NExt the article says that the dosage of such camps is too short of a time to effectively change someones behaviour. Granted, it depends on the person. Some people might be hit a little harder by a camp like this. Most likely though it would not last very long. I would have to agree with this though. It may last a few month or years, but will most likely not last them their lifetime. According to Muscar, the atmosphere of these boot camps is not a good one for these teens. Muscar believes that the environment if negative which for troubled teens is not a good idea to enforce. The environment would be people yelling at them and telling them when and how to do certain things. This comment I would have to agree with. Most likely these teens came from a place where they had a negative environment they grew up in. Many of them are the way they are because of that and putting them back into a place where they get the same vibe could be detrimental to their progress. Apparently, she found that these camps have led to dozens of abuse cases and deaths. Thus shedding negative light on these programs. Personally if i saw that these camps had caused such things I would be very hesitant to go to one for help. The last thing I found could be good is boarding schools. The article mentioned that according to NIJ, boarding schools have a more positive impact on troubled teens than bootcamps.
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I agree with what you said about how these camps can have many positive effects on the juveniles that are in them, whether those effects be mental or physical. We also know however that these effects do not last forever and they often times fade away in a few months. The real challenge for these kids is that they need to stick with it after they have left the boot camp. Another thing that i agree with you about is the fact there are some negatives to these camps such as how some of them have been found to have a few deaths occur because the instructors were too hard on some of the offenders. Pack789
DeleteThe article provides a lot of good information for us as it attains to kids and boot camps. The article starts out with talking about how the boot camps can have positive effects on the offenders that attend, in fact they have very positive effects, however as we know that the real challenge for the kids that go through the boot camps in trying to stick with their “training” and not falling back on their old habits. The first article also talks about how the kids who went through this program also have increased self-esteem, mental health and increased problem-solving skills. The next thing that the article talks about is the fact that these boot camps are far too short to produce any real recidivism rate drops. Most camps are anywhere between 90-120 days or sometimes lesser than that. The article argues that these short-term stays do not do much to help the offenders in trying to improve their attitudes and lives. We know from the video that we viewed in class that no matter the length of the stay at these boot camps, it often times does matter because the things that they learn in boot camp fade away after a couple of months pass once they leave the boot camp. Another thing that the article touches on that I can completely agree with and back up is the fact that militaristic model of boot camp does not belong in the juvenile system. We know that the military style can sometimes work with young adults, however this style does not really work with juveniles. In fact, the article states how, this model of boot camp and actually be very detrimental to the mental health and overall health of juveniles. The camp instructors can often times be very abusive mentally and sometimes physically too, which is bad because some of the kids in these camps often have had abusive parents and childhoods. Pack789
ReplyDeleteThe first thing that I noticed about this article is that it is published on a site that helps to connect people to boot camps, but appears to take the stance that boot camps are inherently flawed and better alternatives are available. I admire this because the website could have easily published a biased article that only showed the positive effects of boot camps in order to increase admissions, but remained objective in order to increase awareness of changes that could be made. The second thing that caught my attention was the claim that there is no evidence that boot camps reduce recidivism. The documentary that we watched for the other blog claimed that boot camps had a significant effect on criminal recidivism. This article provided what it claimed was a psychiatric definition of recidivism, but it seems that the definition was worded incorrectly because it defined recidivism as the rate of decrease of tendency to fall into negative behavior but also claimed that boot camps aimed to reduce recidivism which does not make sense. The fourth thing of interest was the discussion of the military models currently inherent to bootcamps as they currently exist. I would agree that the military model could have adverse effects on people with certain mental conditions and may not be the best motivator for success in the long term. Aside from that, many people do well in the strict routines provided and enforced by boot camps, but do not know how to function outside of that kind of environment. The fifth and most interesting thing to me was the proposed alternative of therapeutic boarding schools. I had not previously been aware of the existence of these, and think that they would be much more effective than boot camps. I imagine that, because they require more time and more skilled faculty, that they would be much more expensive than boot camps are. However, I think that this route would be the most beneficial to society as cognitive behavioral therapy is widely accepted as the most effective form of psychological help and is very hard to access for many of these troubled individuals. In fact, these individuals have little access to professional psychological help at all and it is likely that a good amount of them have psychological problems that make them more likely to commit crime. Upon completing the article, I am wondering how likely it is that we will see a transition to therapeutic boarding schools, and I also wonder if boot camps have any place alongside these boarding schools -Rudedogg789
ReplyDeletePersonally, I believe that boot camps, while a good idea on paper, is not a very good idea when put into action. From what I have seen in the site and other forms of media on the subject, I just do not believe that it is working that well. Do not get me wrong, there are some things that are beneficial and good from the correction boot camps. In my opinion though, the cost and struggle of the correctional boot camp outweigh the benefits. One thing that I saw that was good was the recidivism rate among those who attended the shock incarceration. However, I also still believe that this form of shock incarceration only instills permanent values within a few of those attendees and that most of those who attend will end up completing criminal acts again within six months, especially if they return to their old hunting grounds. The site even says that a military oriented mindset and training do not belong in the correctional system in the US. I agree with that fully. Only about 1% of people join the military. It is not for the faint of heart and most people cannot handle a life like that. The shock might even be too much for them and they could have a breakdown of mental capacity and end up hurting someone or themselves. These correctional boot camps are not what they seem and I believe that they do not hold as much weight to them as some people will swear by. Honestly, I believe that boot camps are a waste of time and money that could be spent towards something more useful, like rehabilitation or something of that sort. –TheMarshall789
ReplyDeleteThe decision teenager make to juvenile boot camp is not an easy one to make. But to my decisions I will rather suffer that short period of time rather than staying in prison for a long period of time. The objective of a juvenile boot camp is to dramatically and radically change of the behaviors, the thinking patterns and the priority of troubled youth who are in their care. Think about all than punishment and yelling to their ears they go though. A teenager who has gone through all this, learn from this and never repeat their behavior again. The stress and effort of each day will tire this teenagers of young male and females out in ways they never considered possible. But because each day will be one of regular short term tusks that are difficult to do, that lifestyle will reorient the way a troubled youth thinks and view life. So when this young generation finally achieves a goal and hears that drill instructor say, that will give these young male and female a sense of self-worth like nothing he or she ever felt before. It is the feeling of self-esteem that teenager will crave each day at the camp. That desire for accomplishment and self-esteem will be instilled in the youth at juvenile boot camp so they come out of the camp with work ethic that drives them towards success for the rest of their lives as well. When young generations returns from a juvenile boot camp you will be living with a youth who knows what a regimented lifestyle of hard work is all about. Their attitudes towards relationship, goals and priorities will be changed forever. The lifestyle of the boot camp will alter those values for the better and permanently as well. Even though they are going through a lot but there is a better outcome.GUSII 789
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