By: Maia Szalavitz
Dateline — like 48 Hours, which covered the case in a 2003 segment — failed to mention that there is absolutely no evidence that “tough love” programs like boot camps help kids.
The Justice Department lists boot camps for youth under “What Doesn’t Work,” – and -analysis of the research on youth boot camps that conducted for Congress in 1998 found that it was no more effective than juvenile prison.
While three of the studies reviewed found no difference in recidivism, one found that boot camp graduates actually did significantly worse: 72% re-offended, as opposed to 50% of the former prisoners. A consensus “state of the science” statement on the evidence on fighting juvenile delinquency by the NIH, published in late 2004, said that tough programs don’t work and may backfire.
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