SOUTHEASTERN CORRECTIONAL MANAGEMENT TRAINING COUNCIL - BEHAVIOR THERAPY - A GUIDE TO CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND PROGRAMMING

• NCJ Number: 12577
• Author(s): C H BISHOP; E B BLANCHARD
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 97 pages
• Grant Number(s): DF-70-285; 73-ED-04-0006
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: University of Georgia
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: EXEMPLARY PROJECT NOMINATION

Annotation

THIS DOCUMENT, AIMED AT CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATOR,S PROGRAM PLANNERS AND PRACTITIONERS, IS A DISCUSSION OF THE PHILOSOPHY, TECHNIQUES AND METHODS PERTAINING TO BEHAVIORAL THEORY AND BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.

Abstract

BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION IS DEFINED AS A PHILOSOPHY OF TREATMENT STRESSING SPECIFICITY, OBJECTIVITY, AND OPERATIONS ON OVERT BEHAVIOR, AND A COLLECTION OF TECHNIQUES FOR ACHIEVING THESE GOALS. THESE TECHNIQUES ARE DESCRIBED AND THEIR APPLICATIONS ARE PRESENTED. A LIST OF BASIC REFERENCE MATERIALS ON BEHAVIOR THERAPY IS INCLUDED. TWENTY-TWO RESEARCH STUDIES FROM JOURNAL ARTICLES HAVE BEEN ABSTRACTED AND ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TEXTUAL MATERIAL. THE AUTHORS CONCLUDE THAT A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE REVEALS THAT BEHAVIOR THERAPY HAS BEEN APPLIED TO MANY NEUROTIC AND PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS AND HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH DISORDERS INVOLVING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIORS. CONDITIONING PROCEDURES WERE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE WITH PHOBIC REACTION, ANXIETY REACTIONS, BED WETTING, STUTTERING AND TICS. ALTHOUGH A GREAT DEAL OF ATTENTION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO TREATMENT OF ALCOHOLISM AND CERTAIN SEXUAL DISORDERS, IT WAS FOUND THAT BEHAVIOR THERAPIES ARE DISAPPOINTING AS A METHOD OF TREATMENT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)