NCJ Number
8000
Date Published
1971
Length
38 pages
Annotation
REPORT OF FIVE EXPERIMENTS TO IMPROVE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN ALABAMA FOR BOTH INMATES AND PERSONNEL.
Abstract
REPORT COVERS FIVE MAJOR PROJECTS OF EMLC WORK - (1) MANPOWER TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ALABAMA PRISONERS, (2) IMPLEMENTATION OF TOKEN ECONOMY IN DRAPER CORRECTIONAL CENTER, (3) MANPOWER TRAINING PROJECT FOR CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, (4) AN EXPERIMENT IN CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND (5) A FOLLOW-UP EFFORT FOCUSING ON RELEASED OFFENDERS. OBJECTIVES, METHODS, PROCEDURES, PROBLEMS, AND RESULTS (AS COMPLETE AS POSSIBLE AT TIME OF PROJECT TERMINATION) ARE GIVEN. SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE OVERALL PROGRAM ARE - (1) OPEN ENTRY/EXIT FEATURE OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING (ALSO EMPHASIS ON INDIVIDUALIZATION), (2) THE BASIC EDUCATION DELIVERY SYSTEM (INDIVIDUALLY PRESCRIBED INSTRUCTION SYSTEM), (3) TECHNIQUES OF BEHAVIORAL CONTROL EMPLOYED IN THE TOKEN ECONOMY, (4) TECHNIQUES OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE TAUGHT TO TRADITIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, (5) THE TECHNIQUES OF THE CONTINGENCY MANAGEMENT EXPERIMENT, AND (6) THE NEW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS DEVELOPED TO DETERMINE AN OFFENDER'S ADJUSTMENT TO SOCIETY AND TO PREDICT RECIDIVISM. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)