Touted in the 1980s as a firm response to youth crime, the boot camp model has come under increasingly skeptical scrutiny. Last month, seven guards and a nurse at a Florida boot camp were charged in the January 2006 death of a 14-year-old boy, which prompted Florida to shut down its boot camp system. Erin Hanusa looks at the status of boot camps nationwide, and the latest thinking on what works and what doesn’t when it comes to residential placements for juvenile offenders.
Archive for December 7th, 2006
David Young: 2006 Essay Contest Winner
Published December 7th, 2006 in South Florida Children. 0 CommentsUnited States high schools, I feel, do a pretty good job of supporting the academic, social needs, and interests of today�s students. In today�s schools, we have so many alternative education programs, extra curricular activities, and other programs that it may even be difficult for a student to decide which ones to participate in.
