Essays on Boot Camp

If I were a correctional administrator at the boot camp, I would subscribe to the psychological, sociological and behavioral model of treatment for these offenders. I would prefer the use of this model rather than the medical model even though the medical model is more commonly used. This model is preferable because it will account for all aspects of the life of the offender rather than just the offender’s psychological status. Conducting a risk assessment of the offender and evaluating these factors can allow for a better understanding of the offender which would allow for treatment more specifically ...

“A Rumor of War” is Philip Caputo’s memoir about his experience in the Vietnam War. This book is not merely an act of recording brutal and horrible act during the war, but also the account of how an adolescent comes to terms with his misdeeds taking part in the war in Indochina in 1965. In general, the book is just a story about war and a painful personal experience of a soldier. The author of the book was one of the first Americans to fight in Vietnam and one of the last to be evacuated from this country. ...

Abstract

Teenage pregnancy is a major problem affecting teenagers around globe. This is serious problem since it forces young girls and boys to drop out of school. Chances of these teenagers getting back to school after giving birth or later in life are minute. Thus, the dreams of these teen advancing to college and securing white collar jobs with sustainable income are shuttered. As such these girls and boys are forced to become young mothers and fathers at tender age while doing two to three jobs to have enough income to take care of the baby. Additionally, this problem does ...

A High-Intensity Interval Training, Circuit Training, Zumba and boot camp training programs are discussed below vividly considering the types of workout or classes, the levels of intensity involved, the muscular strength impact of each program and whether the programs give more of health fitness or physical fitness.

High-Intensity Interval Training.

According to Mahady, Pat. (16), High-intensity Interval Training (HIIT) is a training idea in which high-intensity intervals are alternated with the slow and moderate intensity intervals. The workout classes of HIIT involves alternating both the aerobic and anaerobic training techniques. Anaerobic training method implies that the consumption of oxygen in the body ...

Legitimacy in Corrections

Legitimacy in Corrections The central thesis of this article looks to examine, through experimentation comparing a boot camp with a prison, whether the justice system and its perceptions of legitimacy (obeying the law and its authorities) transition or altercate during ones full course of confinement. The article also questions as to whether the type of correctional facility really matters and why. After the completing of a study sample on exactly two-hundred and two adult inmates whom were randomly assigned to one of the two institutions while serving their six month sentence (Franke, D., Bierie, D., & MacKenzie, D. L., 2010). ...

Juvenile boot camps refer to the alternative sentencing option for a non-violent juvenile offender in which rather than being incarcerated in a juvenile detention center, offender are put through physical and psychological exercises similar to those developed from military basic training. To be sure, similar to military boot camp offender are required to obey their “drill sergeants”, complete a range of daily tasks and challenges, and do so with a minimum level of defiance. In fact, defiance to orders results in increased confrontation and pressure from one’s drill sergeant. The goals of a boot camp, like all criminal ...

Would it benefit CrossFit affiliate gyms when it comes to existing members and recruiting new members to turn towards a more functional fitness gym that incorporated more boot camp and cardio type classes and less heavy lifting?

Abstract

The purpose of this study will be to determine whether it would benefit CrossFit affiliate gyms when it comes to existing members and recruiting new members to turn towards a more functional fitness gym that incorporated more boot camp and cardio type classes and less heavy lifting. The study will investigate the effect of implementing a program focused on boot camp fitness ...

Children, as our messengers into the future we will not be able to experience, are our most valuable resource. Hence, the serious threat juvenile delinquents pose to the current and future safety of the American society. Debates have aroused about parents’ legal responsibility for their minor children’s behavior, both civil and criminal. So far, there are laws established that hold parents only civilly liable, like the Parent Liability Child’s act, where the parent’s obligation is to pay, depending on the State’s maximum monetary amount, for damage done by their minor children until they reach the ...

Proposal

Use of Health Coaching tools and techniques to work with middle aged women at the weight loss boot camp and nutritional counseling center, to achieve positive and permanent weight loss results.

Problem and Solution

A known fact is that after certain age women have a harder time losing weight, mostly middle aged women. Approximately two-thirds of women gain weight or have a hard time maintaining their desired weight and losing weight becomes almost impossible. One of the main culprits is the changes in hormones that have a direct effect on appetite, metabolism, and fat storages (Stradler, 2014). Other statistics indicate that 67% of Americans ...

A recidivism rate of 0% gives me a hundred percent confidence that a person who goes through the boot camp set up by the sheriff’s department will not relapse into social deviance or undesirable behavior that necessitated their participation in the boot camp in the first place. This statement does not offer absolute confidence for just one of the participants of the boot camp. It offers a guarantee that all people that go through the boot camp will be transformed completely. This statement does not offer room for error or uncertainty. It guarantees success in the highest levels for all the ...

dates and time Part of each country’s criminal justice system is to both punish and try to rehabilitate offenders, either convicted in prison or under community supervision, so they can return to the society and be integrated with it in the smoothest and most effective way. Actually, punishment and rehabilitation are part of a four-objective criminal system that also includes deterrence, which alongside punishment and rehabilitation will be further researched throughout this paper in terms of which is more effective. The aforementioned objectives will be discussed taking into consideration the effect they have on the victims and their ...

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between religiosity and substance abuse. Data was collected using a drug use questionnaire and a religiosity scale. It was hypothesized that individuals with high levels of religiosity would report lower levels of substance abuse compared to individuals with low levels of religiosity. A one way between subject analysis of variance was conducted and yielded .

Effects of Religiosity on Substance Abuse

The misuse of drug in the United States has exposed the population of all religions and communities to many risk factors. Some of the risk factors are very dangerous to their lives and health. One ...

Boot camps began in the United States first in the adult prison in 1983 and were later introduced in the juvenile prisons. It is a program where the offenders are in a camp and there are vigorous activities during the day such as drill, ceremony and physical training. There are correctional officers in charge of the offenders who are given military titles. When the offenders do something wrong, they are punished by physical activities such as push-ups. The juvenile boot camps are less intense in terms of physical activities. The juveniles are given academic education and therapy sessions. At the ...

Reflection on Values and Ethics in organizations

1.0 Introduction In today’s organization, code of ethics, mission, vision, organizational culture, values as well as social responsibility have become very important aspects that guide an organization to success. For the success of an organization the management is most responsible for the formulation of these critical aspects of the organization. As such the personal code ethics, mission, vision, values and culture of the manager are more often than not intertwined with those of the organizations. As for a company or any institution to be successful, then the manager should have good personal values that will enable him steer ...

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper was to argue for the use of intermediate sanctions compared to prison sentences. The paper highlighted the potential benefits of using intermediate sanctions as a replacement for prison sentencing. It was established that intermediate sanctions are cost effective, ensure offender rehabilitation, reinforces public safety and serves to address the problems associated with the prison sentencing such as overcrowding and recidivism rates. The paper also discussed the nine types of intermediate sanctions used in the United States including Intensive Supervision Programs, Fines, Community Service, Day Reporting Centers, Remote location monitoring, Residential Community Centers, Boot Camp ...