NCJ Number
61927
Date Published
Unknown
Length
24 pages
Annotation
IN BOOKLET ELEVEN OF THIS 17-PART, SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL SERIES FOR CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, TECHNIQUES IN GRAPHING INMATE BEHAVIOR, SPECIFICALLY, CALCULATING RATES PER DAY PER MAN, ARE DISCUSSED.
Abstract
THIS SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM PROVIDES INFORMATION ON BEHAVIOR EVALUATION AND GRAPHING AND RELATED CALCULATIONS IN ILLUSTRATED NARRATIVE FORM; FILL-IN QUESTIONS AND MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMSOLVING ARE INCLUDED THROUGHOUT, WITH ANSWERS PROVIDED. THE USER STARTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOKLET, WORKS STRAIGHT THROUGH, WRITES ANSWERS, SOLVES PROBLEMS AS DIRECTED, AND CHECKS COMPLETED WORK. IN ORDER TO EVALUATE CORRECTIONAL PLAN EFFECTIVENESS, COUNTING BEHAVIOR BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND PLOTTING RESULTS ON A GRAPH MAY BE USEFUL. RATES PER DAY FOR ONE MAN MAY BE PLOTTED USING THE CONTINUOUS RECORDING METHOD. DAILY RATES PER DAY FOR A GROUP OF MEN MAY BE CALCULATED IN THE SAME WAY IF GROUP SIZE REMAINS THE SAME. HOWEVER, IT IS GENERALLY MORE USEFUL TO PLOT THE RATES PER DAY PER MAN FOR THE GROUP, BY THE ADDITIONAL STEP OF DIVIDING THE NUMBER OF BEHAVIORS BY THE NUMBER OF MEN TO GET THE NUMBER OF BEHAVIORS PER MAN. TIME IN HOURS IS THEN DIVIDED INTO THE NUMBER OF BEHAVIORS PER MAN TO GIVE THE DAILY RATE. PLOTTING THE RATES IN THIS WAY ALLOWS COMPARISON OF ONE GROUP WITH ANOTHER OR COMPARISON OF ONE MAN'S RATE WITH THE AVERAGE RATE OF THE GROUP. WHEN THERE IS MORE THAN ONE RECORDING PERIOD IN A DAY, THE TIMES MUST BE ADDED AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF BEHAVIORS PER MAN; THEN THE TOTAL TIME IS DIVIDED INTO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BEHAVIORS PER MAN FOR THE DAILY RATE. WHENEVER THE NUMBER OF MEN IN THE GROUP CHANGES, A NEW RECORDING PERIOD MUST BE STARTED. GRAPHS AND NUMEROUS MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS AND EXAMPLES ARE INCLUDED IN THE TEXT. (LWM)