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  • 017668

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  • Published 2002.
  • 90 pages.

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Evaluation of Two Intensive Regimes for Young Offenders

Publication year: 2002 | Cataloged on: Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: An evaluation of the Thorn Cross High Intensity Training (HIT) Centre (serving northern England) and the Colchester Military Corrective Training Centre (MCTC) is presented. The Thorn Cross HIT utilized a synthesis of military elements and rehabilitation regime, while the Colchester MCTC use purely a military regime. This report includes the following sections: executive summary; history and description of the Thorn Cross HIT regime; analysis of HIT reconvictions; history and description of the Colchester MCTC regime; analysis of MCTC reconvictions; and conclusions. For every pound spent at Thorn Cross, five pounds were saved. Colchester lost a pound for every pound expended.
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