NCJ Number
61932
Date Published
Unknown
Length
36 pages
Annotation
IN BOOKLET SIXTEEN OF THIS 17-PART, SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL SERIES FOR CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, TECHNIQUES IN GRAPHING INMATE BEHAVIOR AND CONTINUOUS COUNTING, TIME SAMPLE, AND ONE-SHOT METHODS 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. USERS SHOULD START AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOKLET, WORK STRAIGHT THROUGH, WRITE ANSWERS AND SOLVE PROBLEMS AS DIRECTED, AND CHECK COMPLETED WORK. IN ORDER TO EVALUATE CORRECTIONAL PLAN EFFECTIVENESS, OFFICERS WILL FIND IT USEFUL TO COUNT OR ESTIMATE BEHAVIOR BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND TO PLOT RESULTS ON A GRAPH. DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES CAN BE EMPLOYED DEPENDING UPON THE NUMBER OF INMATES OBSERVED, THE TYPES OF BEHAVIORS EVALUATED, AND THE AVAILABILITY OF THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER THROUGHOUT THE DAY. FOR EXAMPLE, THE CONTINUOUS COUNTING METHOD MAY BE USED WHEN IT IS POSSIBLE TO RECORD ALL INSTANCES OF THE BEHAVIOR DURING THE RECORDING PERIOD. THE TIME SAMPLE METHOD, IN WHICH THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER LOOKS IN ON THE INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP AS PRESELECTED TIMES TO 'CATCH' THEM PERFORMING BEHAVIOR, IS BEST WHEN CONTINUOUS OBSERVANCE IS IMPOSSIBLE. THE ONE-SHOT METHOD IS USED FOR RECORDING BEHAVIOR WHICH CAN OCCUR ONLY ONCE DURING ANY GIVEN TIME PERIOD. CORRECTIONAL PLAN EFFECTIVENESS DATA SHOULD BE PLOTTED ON REGULAR OR CUMULATIVE GRAPHS; FROM THE DATA RECORDED, AVERAGE AND MEDIANS MAY BE COMPUTED FOR AN OVERALL PICTURE OF HOW WELL AN INDIVIDUAL OR A GROUP IS DOING. SKETCHES, GRAPHS, AND PROBLEMS ARE INCLUDED IN THE TEXT. (LWM)