g an offender to respect authority. Many people have criticized this form of rehabilitation because it uses negative reinforcement, which contradicts the programs purpose. Educational and instructional drug and alcohol awareness as well as counseling is conducted on a daily basis. Uniforms are similar to the one's used in the armed forces. There is strict obedience to drill instructors and other inmates. The facilities varied in structure. Most used a squabay bunk bed type formation. Most if not all would volunteer for the program so a maximum-security facility was not necessary. These facilities were usually located way out in the middle of nothing but country or woods. The aftercare programs were positive because it meant that the inmate successfully completed boot camp and now they are going to be monitored to make sure they pursue a positive path in life. "One method employed by two sites to ease the transition from a structured environment to the community was creating a separate school for boot camp graduates to attend." (Felker and Bourque 10)In 1983 there were less than a hand full of boot camp institutions being ran. "In 1993, just ten years later fifty-nine programs were being operated in twenty-nine states, with a total capacity of inmates exceeding ten-thousand." (Gowdy 2) New York and Georgia have the biggest populations accounting for half of the ten thousand.The history of shock incarceration or boot camp has been brief compared to the history of juvenile incarceration and rehabilitation. Contrary to popular belief boot camps are not restricted to just male juvenile delinquents. There are institutions for male and female adult and juvenile. The explosion in participants can be attributed to America's youthful rebellious years during the 1960's. Today there is generation X whose world is more accessible at an earlier age. With the influence of television and computers generation X is in a class by itself. ...
