CORRECTIONAL OFFICER TRAINING IN BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION, AN INTERIM REPORT

• NCJ Number: 3223
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 14 pages
• Grant Number(s): 82 41 69 06 (LABOR DEPT)
• Corporate Author: Rehabilitation Research Foundation
• Sale Source: Rehabilitation Research Foundation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ONGOING PROJECT OF TRAINING CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS TO APPLY BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION TECHNIQUES IN AN ADULT CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION (DRAPER, IN ELMORE, ALA.).

Abstract

TRAINING WAS DONE IN TWO STAGES. THE FIRST STRESSED ADVERSE EFFECTS OF PUNISHMENT AND ADVANTAGES OF POSITIVE ALTERNATIVES. THE SECOND STAGE INVOLVED TEACHING THE OFFICER THE TECHNIQUES OF BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION. PROJECTS PRESENTED HERE ARE REAL LIFE SITUATIONS, WITH THE SOLUTIONS WORKED OUT IN THE TRAINING SESSIONS. BIBLIOGRAPHY.