Teen Wilderness Camps: Therapy or Punishment?


60m 2001

Brief Synopsis

Thousands of American teenagers are being sent against their will to remote and dangerous locations -- not by the courts, but by their own parents, who are desperate to change their teenage child's behavior. The program examines Wilderness Therapy, in which teens are forced to live in the wilderness

Film Details

Also Known As
Investigative Reports (06/19/01)
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2001

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

Synopsis

Thousands of American teenagers are being sent against their will to remote and dangerous locations -- not by the courts, but by their own parents, who are desperate to change their teenage child's behavior. The program examines Wilderness Therapy, in which teens are forced to live in the wilderness is a last-ditch attempt to teach them how to behave.

Film Details

Also Known As
Investigative Reports (06/19/01)
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2001

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

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