{"@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 incarceration, are\r\ncharacterized by a strong emphasis on military structure, drill, and\r\ndiscipline and by an abbreviated period of incarceration. Originally\r\ndesigned for young, adult, male offenders convicted of nonviolent\r\ncrimes, boot camps have been expanded to encompass juveniles and women\r\nas well. In 1992 the Bureau of Justice Assistance funded three\r\nagencies to develop correctional boot camps for young offenders, and\r\nsimultaneously, the National Institute of Justice supported an\r\nevaluation of these camps. By October 1993 the only operational boot\r\ncamp of the three selected sites was the Kentucky Department of\r\nCorrections' First Incarceration Shock Treatment (FIST) program. This\r\ndata collection is an evaluation of the first 18 months of operation\r\nof FIST from July 1993 through December 1994. The primary goal of this\r\nevaluation was to document the development of the Kentucky boot camp,\r\nthe characteristics and experiences of the youthful offenders\r\nparticipating in it, and any changes in participants' attitudes and\r\nbehaviors as a result of it. The evaluation consisted of an extensive\r\ncase study, supplemented by pre- and post-test comparisons of boot\r\ncamp offenders' attitudes, physical fitness, and literacy skills,\r\ndescriptive information about their engagement in legitimate\r\nactivities during aftercare, and an assessment of the rates, timing,\r\nand sources of program attrition. Variables in this collection include\r\nentrance and exit dates, sentence, crime type and class, pre- and\r\npost-program test scores in math, reading, and language skills, and\r\ndemographic variables such as age, race, sex, and marital status.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02698.v1", "title": "Evaluation of the First Incarceration Shock Treatment (FIST) Program for Youthful Offenders in Kentucky, 1993-1994  "}], "identifier": "2924", "issued": "1999-06-02T00:00:00", "keyword": ["attitudes", "juvenile offenders", "outcome evaluation", "program evaluation", "shock incarceration programs"], "language": ["eng"], "license": "http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/", "modified": "2005-11-04T00:00:00", "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 the First Incarceration Shock Treatment (FIST) Program for Youthful Offenders in Kentucky, 1993-1994  "}