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Behavior
New behavior study results from State University of New York described
September 13th, 2008
"The careers of chronically disruptive prisoners are unquestionably problematic for prison staff members but are equivalently inauspicious for the prisoners themselves, who acquire off-putting reputations and must spend increasing portions of time in punitive or administrative segregation. When we review long-term disruptive careers, we are apt to encounter recurrent ineffective interventions and deteriorating sequences of behavior," scientists writing in the journal Criminal Justice and Behavior report. "This is the case even in relatively humane prison systems, though in such settings we also come across junctures at which positive impact has been achieved with...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-09-13)
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