Juvenile Waiver, Boot Camp, and Recidivism in a Northwestern State

The Prison Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-240

  Steiner, Benjamin ^a   Giacomazzi, Andrew L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

boot camp; juvenile; recidivism; transfer; waiver

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250308085     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885507303750     Document Type: Article

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