Dimensions of Applied Behavior Analysis for Crime and Delinquency (From Behavioral Approaches to Crime and Delinquency: A Handbook of Application, Research, and Concepts, P 27-59, 1987, Edward K Morris and Curtis J Braukmann, eds. -- See NCJ-111159)

• NCJ Number: 111161
• Author(s): E K Morris; C J Braukmann
• Date Published: 1987
• Length: 33 pages
• Sale Source: Plenum Press
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

The seven dimensions of applied behavior analysis for criminal justice practice are described in this chapter, and critical issues related to the dissemination and replication of analytic designs are discussed.

Abstract

The first dimension of applied behavior analysis is the applied dimension, specifying that behavioral applications be focused on problems of relatively immediate social importance. The second dimension, the behavioral, and the third dimension, the technological, are concerned with method and methodological criteria. The behavioral dimension requires that behavior be measured validly and reliably. The technological dimension requires that research interventions be described in sufficient detail to permit replication. The fourth dimension, the analytic, requires empirical analyses of the effects of behavioral procedures and programs. Dimensions five and six are effectiveness and generality. Effectiveness requires and examination of the social importance of intervention outcomes, while generality is concerned with maintaining and spreading treatment effects. The seventh dimension is an overall conceptual system to which specific interventions are related. Major critical issues related to these dimensions include social validity, establishing socially significant behavior goals, and developing research designs that are broad enough to promote effective approaches to crime and delinquency. 173 references.