From optimistic policies to pessimistic outcomes: Why won't boot camps either succeed pragmatically or succumb politically?

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 27-52

  Stinchcomb, Jeanne B ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boot camps; Correctional policies; Outcomes and prospects; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 32444441362     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v40n03_02     Document Type: Review

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