Boot camps for young offenders

Title

Boot camps for young offenders

Genre

Interview

TX Date

24 Aug 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:07:13

Description

The UK Home Secretary, Michael Howard, is considering boot camp institutions for hooligans in the UK. Professor Walter Dickie of the University of Wisconsin has been studying the American experience. He discusses his increasing doubts over the success of the scheme. Interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Walter Dickie

Keywords

Crime; Prisons; Adolescents; Penal sanctions; Hooliganism; Imprisonment; Young offenders institutes; Law reform

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