This paper will focus on design issues relative to including women in boot camps and is not intended as a research report of boot camp programs for women. Excellent studies are available from several sources, most recently in Correctional Boot Camps: A Tough Intermediate Sanction, edited by Dr. Doris Laton MacKenzie and Eugene E. Hebert (NIJ, 1996). One of the studies included in that National Institute of Justice Research Report, is "Boot Camps as an Alternative …showed first 75 words of 517 total…

…showed last 75 words of 517 total…dimensions and be staffed with people who genuinely care about teaching women to take positive control of their lives. These programs have the potential to build self-esteem in women who learn that they can accomplish positive things. Many talk about the thrill of becoming physically healthier and stronger as contributing to their positive self-image. They are proud of their accomplishments in the program and report that their children and families are proud of them too.