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boot camps  

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  • Boot camps are residential institutions designed to correct the problematic behavior of delinquents or adult criminals. There is significant variability in what is considered a boot camp and in types of boot camps. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community Corrections; Boot Camps]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/boot_camps

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