Evaluation of State Motivational Boot Camp
Act 215 of 1990 provided for the establishment of Pennsylvania's Motivational Boot Camp to address the prison-overcrowding problem and to offer an alternative program to enable offenders to desist from crime. This legislation also mandated the Sentencing Commission to provide an annual evaluation to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees. Act 112 of 2004, which established the State Intermediate Punishment Program, changed the reporting requirements for the Boot Camp Report from every year to every other year. In odd numbered years, the Sentencing Commission is responsible for submitting a Boot Camp Report to the Legislature, and in even numbered years, the Sentencing Commission submits a State Intermediate Punishment Report to the Legislature.
Over the years, the Legislative Reports have provided information related to three areas: 1) a profile of offenders recommended and accepted into the Boot Camp; 2) results from a three wave Offender Survey [admission, graduation, parole] that measures attitudinal and behavioral changes; and 3) the impact of Boot Camp on recidivism .
Boot Camp Report |
Research Bulletin |
Bulletin Title |
|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania's Motivational Boot Camp: Summary of 2000 Legislative Report | ||
| Pennsylvania's Motivational Boot Camp: Summary of 2001 Legislative Report | ||
| Pennsylvania's Motivational Boot Camp: Summary of 2002 Legislative Report | ||
| Attitudinal and Behavioral Changes Among Pennsylvania's Boot Camp Graduates: A Summary of the 2003 Legislative Report | ||
| The Impact of Aftercare on the Recidivism of Pennsylvania's Boot Camp Graduates: A Summary of the 2004 Legislative Report | ||
22007 |
The Impact of a 30-day Aftercare Provision on the Recidivism of PA's Boot Camp Graduates: A Summary of the 2007 Legislative Report |
Annotated
Bibliographies
A
partial list and summaries of published works of the related to the Boot Camp
Project.
Publications
2006 Kurlychek, Megan and Kempinen, Cynthia. "Beyond Boot Camp: The Impact of Aftercare on Offender Reentry".. Criminology and Public Policy, Vol. 5, No. 2, May 2006
2003 Kempinen, Cynthia and Kurlychek, Megan. "An Outcome Evaluation of Pennsylvania's Boot Camp: Does Rehabilitative Programming Within a Disciplinary Setting Reduce Recidivism?" Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 49. No. 4, October, 2003
Presentations
2007 The Impact of Aftercare on the Recidivism of Boot Camp Graduates (American Association of Probation and Parole Annual Conference: Philadelphia)
2006 Taking Another Look at Boot Camp: Does Aftercare Make a Difference? (Justice Research and Statistics Association: Denver}
2003 Boot Camp Offenders on Parole:Examining the Lasting Impact of Change Among Graduates of Pennsylvania’s Boot Camp Program (American Society of Criminology: Denver)
2003 Does Boot Camp Make a Difference? Results from a Three Wave Offender Survey at Admission, Graduation, and Parole. (PCCD Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation Symposium: Harrisburg]
2002 Pennsylvania's Boot Camp Offender Survey: The Initial Findings on Offender Characteristics and Attitudinal Changes [ American Society of Criminology, Chicago]
2001 Does Rehabilitative Programming within a Disciplinary Setting Reduce Recidivism? {American Society of Criminology, Atlanta}
2000 Does Pennsylvania's Motivational Boot Camp Program Reduce Recidivism? [American Society of Criminology, San Francisco]
1998 Does Pennsylvania’s Boot Camp Offer Better Public Protection at a Reduced Cost? [American Society of Criminology, Washington, D.C.]