PHYSICAL INTERVENTIONS TO ALTER BEHAVIOR IN A PUNITIVE ENVIRONMENT - SOME MORAL REFLECTIONS ON NEW TECHNOLOGY

• NCJ Number: 35859
• Journal: American Behavioral Scientist Volume: 18 Issue: 5 Dated: (MAY/JUNE 1975) Pages: 657-678
• Author(s): H A BEDAU
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 22 pages
• Corporate Author: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINT

Annotation

EXAMINATION OF SOME OF THE MORAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE USE OF PSYCHOSURGICAL, DRUG THERAPY, AVERSION THERAPY, AND SENSORY DEPRIVATION TECHNIQUES IN THE CONTEXT OF CRIMINOLOGY AND PENOLOGY.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR CONSIDERS QUESTIONS OF MORALITY RAISED BY THE PUNITIVE SETTING IN WHICH THESE TECHNIQUES ARE TYPICALLY USED AS WELL AS QUESTIONS RAISED BY USE OF THE TECHNIQUES THEMSELVES. POLICY ALTERNATIVES TO GOVERN THE USE OF THE TECHNIQUES ON VIOLENT AND DANGEROUS OFFENDERS RANGING FROM UNGOVERNED USE OF PHYSICAL INTERVENTION TO ABSOLUTE PROHIBITION OF ITS USE ARE ALSO DISCUSSED.