Boot Camp The history and explanation of how these institutions work The increase in violent behavior among American youth has prompted the implementation of more effective rehabilitation methods. With the percentage of non-violent offenders increasing, incarceration or juvenile detention does not appear to be the right solution for rehabilitation. In December 1983 a new idea emerged in Giorgia. This new idea was shock incarceration or boot camp. These temporary institutions were the beginning of a trend to try to aid in the rehabilitation efforts of young delinquents. During the first years most of the juvenile justice community did not accept this idea, as in 1987 only four institutions existed. This trend did not last long. With the increase in youth violence and increased media coverage of youth violence, that number exploded to 46 institutions operating in thirty states just five years after the idea was introduced. Boot camps are institutions that rehabilitate nonviolent offenders. At first these institutions were designed only for young male delinquents between the ages of 11 and 17. The first participants were manually selected and classified as the most influential or easily manipulated by his environment. Typically, first-time nonviolent offenders were chosen for this program, and completion of the program would reduce their sentences. “Boot camp programs operate on a military-style routine in which young offenders convicted of less serious, nonviolent crimes are confined for a short period of time, typically 3 to 6 months. They receive close supervision while they are exposed to a demanding regime of rigorous discipline, physical training, drill,...... middle of paper......enileSystem: implementation of three demonstration programs." Koch Crime Institute: 1-12. Online. Netscape Communicator. December 2, 1999. Available www:http://kci.org/publications/bootcamp/docs/nij/correctional_boot_camp/chpt9.htm.Gowdy, Voncile B. "Historical Perspective": 1-7. Online. Netscape Communicator. December 2, 1999. Available www:http://kci.org/publications/bootcamp/docs/nij/correctional_boot_camp/chpt1.htm.Hayeslip, David W. "The Future of Boot Camps": 1-11. Online. NetscapeCommunicator. December 2, 1999. Available www:http://kci.org/publications/bootcamp/docs/nij/correctional_boot_camp/chpt19.htm.Lab, Stevens P., John T. Whithead. Juvenile justice: an introduction. Ohio: Anderson, 1999. Stevens, Joseph. Black youth, delinquency and juvenile justice. Connecticut: Praeger,1995.