This group is a special interest group of the Association for Behavior Analysis International(www.abainternational.org/aba.asp). Behavioral interventions can reduce crime by approximately 13-20% (Redondo-Illescas, Sánchez-Meca,& Garrido-Genovés, 2001) and prison misconduct (French & Gendreau, 2006). Behavioral parent training is a well-established treatment for oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder, which are often forerunners to adolescent delinquency(see O’Donohue &Ferguson, 2006)Finally, behaviorally-oriented residential treatment programs are listed by the Surgeon General as promising for children and adolescents with conduct disorders. Recent evaluations of the literature suggest that the program is even more effective on post-release recidivism than first thought (Kingsley, 2006) so the results are promising.References
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