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wilderness experience  

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  • The wilderness experience, commonly delivered in a corrections context as a wilderness program, is considered a therapeutic intervention for juvenile offenders. Wilderness programs provide residential placement, education, and a therapeutic component for delinquent youths that are alternative to the more conventional, secure detention institutions of juvenile corrections. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community Corrections; Wilderness Experience]

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