behaviour modification in custody
- Created by: Bethany Cooling
- Created on: 01-06-18 14:27
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- Dealing With Offending Behaviour: Behaviour Modification In Custody
- Behaviourist Approach
- Behaviour is learned and should therefore be able to be unlearned
- Behaviour modification programmes reinforce positive behaviour and punish negative behaviour in hopes of extinction
- Token Economy
- Reinforce desirable behaviour
- Managed by prison staff
- Based on operant conditioning
- Good behaviour is reinforced with tokens which can be exchange for items or opportunities
- Secondary reinforcers and can be removed for disobedience (punishment)
- Desirable behaviour is identified and broken down into small steps and a baseline measure is established
- Being polite is broken down into: not raising your voice, have a conversation etc
- Prison officers rate prisoners behaviour and decide if they deserve tokens or not
- Prison staff agree on the identified behaviours to be reinforced
- Everyone that comes into contact with the prisoners must follow the same regime of selective reinforcement
- Rewards must be consistent
- Everyone that comes into contact with the prisoners must follow the same regime of selective reinforcement
- Behaviourist Approach
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