Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Morris, Edward K[Herausgeber]
• Braukmann, Curtis J[Herausgeber]

Titel

Behavioral Approaches to Crime and Delinquency : A Handbook of Application, Research, and Concepts

Ort / Verlag

Boston, MA : Springer US

Erscheinungsjahr

1987

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• I. Introduction -- 1. Behavioral Approaches to Crime and Delinquency -- 2. The Dimensions of Applied Behavior Analysis for Crime and Delinquency -- 3. An Introduction to Contemporary Behaviorism: History, Concepts, and a System of Analysis -- II. Behavioral Applications in Adult and Juvenile Corrections -- 4. Probation and Parole -- 5. Behaviorally Based Group Homes for Juvenile Offenders -- 6. Basic Behavioral Procedures in Closed Institutions -- 7. Token Economy Programs in Closed Institutions -- III. Prevention and Intervention in Community Settings -- 8. Law Enforcement and Crime Prevention -- 9. Diversion and Neighborhood Delinquency Programs in Open Settings: A Social Network Interpretation -- 10. Family-Based Interventions for Crime and Delinquency -- 11. School Programs for Delinquency Prevention and Intervention -- IV. Special Topics in Intervention and Evaluation -- 12. Criminal Justice Interventions with Drug and Alcohol Abusers: The Role of Compulsory Treatment -- 13. Th
• The systematic application of behavioral psychology to crime and delinquency was begun only 20 years ago, yet it has already contributed significantly to our practical knowledge about prevention and correction and to our general understanding of a pressing social problem. In this handbook, we review and evaluate what has been accomplished to date, as well as what is currently at the leading edge of the field. We do so in order to present a clear, comprehensive, and systematic view of the field and to promote and encourage still more effective action and social policy reform in the future. The chapters in this text have been written by professionals who were among the original innovators in applying behavioral psychology to crime and delinquency and who continue to make critical contributions to the field's progress, and by a new generation of energetic, young professionals who are taking the field in important and innovative directions. The contributors have attempted to review and evaluate their areas with critical dispassion, to provide thorough but not overly specialized discussion of their material, and to draw implications for how research, application, and social policy might be improved in the future. For our part as editors, we have tried to foster integration across the chapters and to provide background and conceptual material of our own