If what is meant by boot camps are properly managed facilities, properly financed, structured, intended for and capable of giving young people a sense of social responsibility, what it means to be a member of a group, developing a sense of self-esteem with proper follow up, that works, and we would favour such an approach. If they are properly managed and if the investment is made, it has been shown to work.
Too many governments in this country and too many politicians would have us believe that the approach is toward a boot camp which is more out of Hollywood than anything else, where people are put in chains in the 1930s style to work in the hot sun. That may suit the purpose of a politician who wants to pander to a certain narrow element of the electorate, and there are such politicians. But this government is in favour of what works, and what works is a responsible approach to youth justice.