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Boot Camp Prisons in 1993.

MacKenzie, Doris Layton – National Institute of Justice Journal, 1993

Describes the boot-camp prison program, its goals, and its drug-treatment and drug-education activities, and its development and change. The article presents the results of a multisite study from eight states that examined the variations in the shock-incarceration concept and its effect. (GLR)

Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Change, Behavior Modification, Correctional Education

Assessing the Learning Potential of Penitentiary Inmates: An Application of Feuerstein's Learning Potential Assessment Device.

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Waksman, M.; And Others – Journal of Correctional Education, 1983

This research study is designed to determine (1) to what extent educationally low achieving inmates differ in their cognitive performance from high achieving inmates, and (2) if such differences exist, to what extent can the level of cognitive performance in the former group be modified in a positive direction by a specific learning experience.…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development