NCJ Number
61925
Date Published
Unknown
Length
40 pages
Annotation
IN BOOKLET NINE OF THIS 17-PART, SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL SERIES FOR CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, TECHNIQUES IN COUNTING BEHAVIORS AND GRAPHING RESULTS TO PROVE CORRECTIONAL PLAN EFFECTIVENESS ARE DISCUSSED.
Abstract
THIS SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM PROVIDES INFORMATION ON BEHAVIOR EVALUATION AND GRAPHING IN ILLUSTRATED NARRATIVE FORM; FILL-IN QUESTIONS EMPHASIZING MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS ARE INCLUDED THROUGHOUT AND ANSWERS ARE PROVIDED. THE USER STARTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOKLET, WORKS STRAIGHT THROUGH, WRITES ANSWERS AS DIRECTED, AND CHECKS COMPLETED WORK. ONCE IT IS DETERMINED WHICH SPECIFIC BEHAVIORS ARE DESIRED FROM AN INMATE AND THE REINFORCEMENT TECHNIQUE ESTABLISHED, THE OFFICER SHOULD HAVE A CORRECTIONAL PLAN. CONTINGENCY CONTRACTS MAY OR MAY NOT BE INCLUDED. TO EVALUATE CORRECTIONAL PLAN EFFECTIVENESS, A SYSTEM OF COUNTING BEHAVIOR BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER CORRECTIONAL PLAN USE SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED. FOR EXAMPLE, THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER SHOULD COUNT THE NUMBER OF REQUIRED TASKS COMPLETED BY AN INMATE AND RECORD THIS NUMBER ON A GRAPH WHICH ALSO INDICATES THE DAY OF THE WEEK. AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CORRECTIONAL PLAN, HE SHOULD REPEAT THE PROCEDURE; COMPARISON OF THE TWO GRAPHS WILL INDICATE WHETHER HIS PARTICULAR CORRECTIONAL PLAN IS HAVING A POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE INMATE'S WORK HABITS. TO FIND AN AVERAGE NUMBER OF BEHAVIORS PERFORMED PER HOUR, OR DAY, OR WEEK, THE TIME SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO THE NUMBER OF BEHAVIORS. EACH GRAPH IS A CONTINUOUS RECORDING OF AN INMATE BEHAVIOR DURING SPECIFIED TIME PERIODS. SKETCHES AND SAMPLE GRAPHS ILLUSTRATE THE TEXT. (LWM)