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Alternative Treatments for Conduct Problems: Brats, Boot Camps, and Bungee Jumps

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What to do about troublesome young people or young people with troubles is a perennial problem for governments and the general public. This chapter focuses on boot camps, and to a lesser extent wilderness style programs, from a criminological perspective about the general problem of youth (and young adult) crime and youth crime prevention.

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  1. James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

    Garry F. A. Coventry & Laura G. Swanson

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  1. Royal North Shore Hospital, Health Psychology Unit, University of Technology Sydney, St. Leonards, Sydney, 2065, New South Wales, Australia

    Rachael C. Murrihy

  2. Royal North Shore Hospital, Health Psychology Unit, University of Technology Sydney, St. Leonards, Sydney, 2065, New South Wales, Australia

    Antony D. Kidman

  3. Child Study Center, Department of Psychology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, 24060, Virginia, USA

    Thomas H. Ollendick

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Coventry, G.F.A., Swanson, L.G. (2011). Alternative Treatments for Conduct Problems: Brats, Boot Camps, and Bungee Jumps. In: Murrihy, R., Kidman, A., Ollendick, T. (eds) Clinical Handbook of Assessing and Treating Conduct Problems in Youth. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6297-3_14

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