{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["011:21"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Open Data Office of Justice Programs (USDOJ)", "hasEmail": "mailto:opendata@usdoj.gov"}, "dataQuality": false, "description": "Boot camps, a popular alternative to standard correctional\r\n facilities, are characterized by a strong emphasis on military\r\n structure, drill, and discipline and by an abbreviated period of\r\n incarceration. In 1990, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency\r\n Prevention (OJJDP) launched a demonstration program to develop boot\r\n camp models for juveniles and to test the feasibility and\r\n appropriateness of their implementation. In September 1991, three\r\n groups received awards to develop and implement boot camps as\r\n intermediate sanctions: the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas in\r\n Cleveland, Ohio, the Colorado Division of Youth Services in Denver,\r\n Colorado, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Mobile,\r\n Alabama. Simultaneously, the National Institute of Justice sponsored\r\n an evaluation of the implementation of the demonstration programs,\r\n focusing on the experiences of youths who entered the program during\r\n the first year of operation, from 1992 to 1993. This collection\r\n contains data from the program evaluation conducted on these three\r\n boot camps during the first year. The core of the assessment was a\r\n management information system that captured administrative data as the\r\n offenders progressed through the demonstration program. At intake,\r\n researchers collected demographic, criminal, and family and social\r\n information. Demographic information collected at intake includes age,\r\n race, education, and employment. Criminal data covers criminal\r\n history, current offense, and case information, while family and\r\n social history variables include whether the youths' parents had a\r\n criminal record, whether their family received public assistance, and\r\n whether they had delinquent friends, delinquent siblings, discipline\r\n problems at home or school, or a history of psychological problems.\r\n At the beginning and end of the boot camp term, staff rated the\r\n youths' performance on educational and behavioral measures. The\r\n youths were also surveyed about the rules of boot camp, their opinions\r\n of instructors, and their self-esteem, drug and alcohol use, and\r\n criminal behavior. At the end of the first 90 days (the residential\r\n period), data were collected on the date of graduation, infractions\r\n during boot camp, honors or awards, and special services\r\n received. Five months after graduation, youths were evaluated on their\r\n aftercare experiences. Some sites supplemented the basic management\r\n information with data collected on educational performance, employment\r\nhistory and expectations, physical fitness, and youth attitudes.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06922.v1", "title": "Evaluation of Boot Camps for Juvenile Offenders in Cleveland, Denver, and Mobile, 1992-1993"}], "identifier": "3370", "issued": "1999-11-02T00:00:00", "keyword": ["alternatives to institutionalization", "corrections management", "criminal histories", "juvenile offenders", "program evaluation", "shock incarceration programs"], "language": ["eng"], "license": "http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/", "modified": "2006-03-30T00:00:00", "programCode": ["011:060"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "National Institute of Justice", "subOrganizationOf": {"acronym": "OJP", "id": 22, "name": "Office of Justice Programs", "parentOrganization": {"acronym": "DOJ", "id": 10, "name": "Department of Justice"}, "parentOrganizationID": 10}}, "title": "Evaluation of Boot Camps for Juvenile Offenders in Cleveland, Denver, and Mobile, 1992-1993"}