BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION IN A PRISON - ISSUES, PROBLEMS, AND COMPROMISES

• NCJ Number: 41414
• Journal: Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Dated: (MARCH 1977) Pages: 11-43
• Author(s): E S GELLER; D F JOHNSON; P H HAMLIN; T D KENNEDY
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 33 pages
• Corporate Author: American Assoc of Correctional Psychologists
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE A LARGE-SCALE CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM WHICH THEY CONDUCTED FOR 18 MONTHS IN THE VIRGINIA CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM AND DISCUSS CURRENT ISSUES RAISED BY MANY SIMILAR BEHAVIORALLY BASED PROGRAMS.

Abstract

CONFLICTING CONCEPTIONS OF 'BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION' AND THE RATIONALE FOR CHOOSING THE BEHAVIORAL MODEL ARE DISCUSSED, AND ISSUES CONCERNING ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS ARE EXPLORED IN TERMS OF INITIAL PROGRAM PROCEDURES AND SUBSEQUENT REFINEMENTS. THROUGHOUT, RECOMMENDATIONS ARE RENDERED FOR INCREASING THE PROBABILITY THAT A BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION PROGRAM IN CORRECTIONS WOULD BE PRACTICAL, EFFECTIVE, AND ETHICAL, AND APPRECIATED BY BOTH CORRECTIONS PERSONNEL AND INMATES AS WELL AS BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...DMC