TICKETS ANONYMOUS - AN EXPERIMENT IN THE CONTROL OF PROBLEM BEHAVIOR

• NCJ Number: 2491
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1967
• Length: 16 pages
• Corporate Author: Michigan Dept of Corrections
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

MICHIGAN TRAINING UNIT AT IONIA, MICHIGAN EXPERIMENTS WITH A GROUP COUNSELING PROGRAM WHICH AIMS TO HELP SELECTED INMATES CONTROL THEIR PROBLEM BEHAVIOR.

Abstract

PROGRAM SET UP GROUP COUNSELING SESSIONS AT WHICH SPECIFIC BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS OCCURRING IN PRISONS WERE DISCUSSED. THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PROGRAM GROUP IMPROVED MORE THAN THAT OF THE CONTROL GROUP IN A YEAR'S TIME. MEN WITH PROBLEM BEHAVIOR BASED ON HABIT OR CULTURAL INFLUENCES WOULD PROBABLY RESPOND FAVORABLY TO THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS.