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The staff had forced him to "stand in the Arizona sun" in 100-degree temperatures, wearing black sweat pants, according to an article in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing (Bush, 2001). When he - or any of the other inmates - asked for water or food, he was "forced to eat mud." Also, the staff "stomped on the boys' chests and arms with boots if they did not perform tasks required of them."
In Prince Georges County, Maryland, on May 14 of 2001, a 17-year-old boy died of asphyxia when a teacher cut off his airway "in the act of restraining him." The article's writer, Carol Bush, asks: "Is it not time for the medical and nursing professionals to speak out on behalf of troubled youth whom we include in our populations of concern?" A better system for juveniles who are in trouble, Bush concludes, and this writer agrees, would be to establish "core values" for a new system that rejects boot camp mentality, and embraces "family centered" values; "child and adolescent-focused outcomes"; and it should be a system that is "community-based and well-coordinated," and...
(2001). Youth at risk - in facilities that are supposed to help! Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 14(4), 200.
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (2001). Juvenile Crime,
Juvenile Justice: Executive Summary. Retrieved February 26, 2005, from the National Academies Press. Web site: http://www.nap.edu/openbook/0309068428/html/index.html.
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Ojmarrh. (2001). A National Study Comparing the Environments of Boot Camps With Traditional Facilities for Juvenile Offenders. National Institute of Justice: Research in Brief. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs.
Richissin, Todd. (2000). Juvenile Boot Camps. IRE Journal, 32(5), 10-12.
Tyler, Jerry, Darville, Ray, & Stalnaker, Kathi. (2001). Juvenile boot camps: a Descriptive analysis of program diversity and effectiveness. Social Science Journal,
References
Bush, Carol. (2001). Youth at risk - in facilities that are supposed to help! Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 14(4), 200.
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (2001). Juvenile Crime,
Juvenile Justice: Executive Summary. Retrieved February 26, 2005, from the National Academies Press. Web site: http://www.nap.edu/openbook/0309068428/html/index.html.
Mackenzie, Doris Layton, Gover, Angela R, Armstrong, Gaylene Styve, & Mitchell,
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