crimes (Bourque national survey, 7). There was a study done on Oklahoma and Georgia, the first two states that started boot camps. In that particular study, researchers found that in Oklahoma, a group of graduates versus non-violent offenders sentenced to the Department of Corrections that at the 29 month mark, almost half of the boot camp graduates had went back to prison while only 28 percent of the other group had. Meanwhile, in Georgia researchers found very little difference between the two programs (Salerno 151). According to Bourque, there have been a high number of dropouts in boot camps, and a large proportion of those who enter boot camps, drop out for medical, personal, or disciplinary reasons. Those who drop out typically end up serving longer terms of imprisonment (Bouque ns, 8).
             After juveniles have graduated from boot camps there is a program called aftercare. The sites differed widely in the type of aftercare services they offered their graduates. Bourque explains that the programs mainly are used to build on the individual's behavior, attitude, and education that the boot camps wished to generate. But without the 24-hour surveillance that the boot camps offered, the juveniles went back to their same old behavior patterns. Moreover, the programs did not maintain the intensive discipline and regimentation of the boot camp phase, the withdrawal of which was associated with the breakdown in graduates' focus and motivation. Another reason for this comes from the graduates not being, involved in activities anymore to keep them busy and out of trouble (bourque b.c. j.o., 7). Research has shown that with more time spent on aftercare, recidivism rates will decrease, making juvenile boot camps that much more appealing.
             Not all juveniles get sent away to boot camps. The majority of the programs are only for youthful offenders, but there are some exceptions. In Ne
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