Criminal Behaviorology
By Timothy Joseph
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Criminal BehaviorologyMay 18, 2020
Hazing! Hank Nuwer on the Tragic Wrongs of Passage
Hazing! Hank Nuwer on the Tragic Wrongs of Passage
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Hank Nuwer has been a writer and journalist for decades. One of his interests has been educating the public about the realities of hazing. In this eye-opening interview, Hank discusses the many tragic cases of hazing deaths and injuries, as well as the efforts of victimized families and anti-hazing activists whose mission is to put an end to this practice in all of its forms.
Show Highlights:
- Anti-hazing laws in 44 states in the United States. The problems involved with attempts to prosecute hazing cases.
- Defining hazing. Distinguishing hazing from bullying.
- Motives for hazing.
- Hank Nuwer’s interest in this topic and his own hazing experience.
- Criticisms and resistance to the investigation of hazing. Hank Nuwer receives a death threat.
- Activities involved: drinking, physical and sexual abuse, mental/emotional hazing. Deindividuation and groupthink.
- The conditioning taking place with each hazing incident.
- The perspectives of the victims and the hazers themselves.
- The positive impact of anti-hazing education.
- The different types of hazing. Long distance Hazing.
The Wrongs of Passage and Broken Pledges by Hank Nuwer:
Cases:
- Timothy Piazza Case - https://www.hanknuwer.com/?s=Piazza
- Gabe Higgins Case - https://www.hanknuwer.com/?s=Gabe+Higgins
- Danny Santolli Case - https://www.hanknuwer.com/?s=Danny
- Michael Deng Case - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/09/magazine/what-a-fraternity-hazing-death-revealed-about-the-painful-search-for-an-asian-american-identity.html
Unofficial Hazing Clearinghouse
Hazing Research by Hank Nuwer
- https://library.buffalostate.edu/archives/nuwer
Anti-hazing Organizations:
- https://www.clerycenter.org/hazing
- https://stophazing.org
- https://www.psu.edu/news/administration/story/timothy-j-piazza-antihazing-legislation-signed-pennsylvania-law/
- https://www.maxgruverfoundation.com
- https://greekuniversity.org/hazing-prevention-speakers/
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Lab Leak! Nicholas Wade and the Origin of SARS-CoV-2
ABA Beyond: A Panel Discussion on Crime and Behavior Analysis
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ABA Beyond: A Panel Discussion on Crime and Behavior Analysis
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As part of a very special series from Southern Illinois University, your host took part in a panel discussion on the issue of crime and behavior analysis. My favorite topic to discuss. I was joined by two other very knowledgeable people, and an interested audience.
Show Highlights:
- What is crime, delinquency, and/or forensics?
- Within this specialty, what populations do you typically work with? What settings do you typically work in?
- What training or preparation is needed for this specialty? Are there any specific credentialing bodies for this specialty?
- Are there any prominent special interest groups or professional organizations for this specialty?
- What mentorship/supervised fieldwork or employment opportunities are available in this specialty?
- Where do you see, or hope to see, this specialty focusing on in within behavior analysis?
- What advice do you have for students who want to pursue a career in this field?
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My Presentation on Competency to Stand Trial Restoration Using Behavior Analysis
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My Presentation on Competency to Stand Trial Restoration Using Behavior Analysis
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Your gracious host took part in a webinar on August 25th, 2022. This was titled Novel Uses of ABA: Part IV. My modest contribution was on the subject of competency to stand trial (CST). This was a well attended event, with much audience participation.
Show Highlights:
- What is CST and how can behavior analysis assist in the process.
- Discrete trial training in learning court terms and concepts.
- The use of matching cards, as well as “tacting,” and “intraverbals.”
- Should behavior analysts touch the criminal justice system with a twenty-one and a half foot pole? The importance of ethics in competency restoration.
- Practical issues raised in the Q&A about malingering, client populations, and how one can become involved in this area of behavior analysis.
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The Criminologist Meets the Criminal Behaviorology Podcast!!
All the (Road) Rage: The Causes of Driver Aggression
Criminal Behaviorology All the (Road) Rage: The Causes of Driver Aggression
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Dr. Jerrod Brown, Ph.D., is a professor, trainer, consultant, and researcher, and the founder and CEO of the American Institute for the Advancement of Forensic Studies (AIAFS). He has had two previous appearances on Criminal Behaviorology (listed below). He once again came to educate us the subject of road rage (Driver Aggression). If you are traveling for the holidays, or any reason, this might be an important episode. Stay safe out there.
Show Highlights:
- Dr. Brown looks at the behaviors involved in road rage from a psychological perspective.
- Minor driving aggression (what we all do) can progress into full rage. Road rage as on the most extreme side of the spectrum.
- Anxious driving behavior, driver related stress, and other types of problematic driving behaviors.
- The variables involved: dehydration and nutrition; what happens before one gets in a car; warm temperatures; neurology and impulse control (executive function); maturity level; population (more cars on the road); alexithymia; emotional intelligence; sleep deprivation.
- Road Rage: What it is, and what it is not. The coining of the term sometime in the 1980s.
-What is the intent, if there was one? Driven by rage. -What are the behaviors observed? Intimidation? Gestures of aggression, threats?
- Triggering events: Slow driving; reckless driving behavior of others; discourtesy and disrespect by other drivers; time urgency; family troubles; driver distractions.
- The personal nature of the automobile. How the car gives us so much autonomy, attention, respect and other benefits. The car as a second home or office - If you are in an automobile accident… How to act. What to do.
The Richard Aderson Case:
https://www.nyspnews.com/state-police-continue-to-actively-investigate-cold-case-twenty-five-years-later.htm
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Richard_Aderson Alexithymia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexithymia Dr. Jerrod Brown Discusses
Driver Aggression on The Criminologist:
https://theparagongroupllc.libsyn.com/ep-15-our-interview-with-dr-jerrod-brown-discussing-driver-aggression-aka-road-rage
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More Horror Movies Equals Less Crime: An Analysis of Movies on Crime Reduction
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More Horror Movies Equals Less Crime: An Analysis of Movies on Crime Reduction
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A reading of a 2017 Washington Post article, and 2009 Quarterly Journal of Economics article, on horror movies. The idea of horror movies reducing violent crime appears counterintuitive. However, the concept of a replacement behavior becomes critical in understanding of this study. The whole idea brings about more questions than it answers. Do not be afraid to explore this new idea. Wait! On second thought, be afraid. It is Halloween!
Show Highlights:
- Do horror movies produce more crime, or are they “harmless”
- An analysis of crime when Happy Death Day (2017) was in theaters
- The draw of popular horror movies reduces the occurrences of violence
- The reduction in alcohol consumption as a factor
- Reduction of crime in South Africa using a computer program
- The power of good replacement behavior at the right time, and in the right context.
- Appearance (maybe) in the 2001 movie Hannibal
Katherine L. Milkman article in the Washington Post (10/27/2017): What if horror movies actually stop crime, not cause it? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/10/27/what-if-horror-movies-actually-stop-crime-not-cause-it/ Does Movie Violence
Increase Violent Crime? Dahl and DellaVigna, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 2009: https://eml.berkeley.edu/~sdellavi/wp/moviescrimeQJEProofs2009.pdf
Ideas 42:
https://www.ideas42.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Using-Behavioral-Science-to-Improve-Criminal-Justice-Outcomes.pdf
Happy Death Day (2017)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Death_Day
Hannibal (2001):
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212985/
Halloween Specials on Criminal Behaviorology:
- Night of the Shaping Dead, October 2019:
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/qupNR9T4pub
- Trick or Treat! Behavior Theory and Crime, Dog Training and Beggars’ Night Becomes Halloween, October 2020:
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/0P8qJ7X4pub
- Eating at Us: Cannibalism in History, Legend and in the Animal World, October 2021:
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/YXBeX734pub
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The FBI Files on B.F. Skinner
The FBI Files on B.F. Skinner
Familicide: Jerrod Brown Discusses Family Mass Murders
The video of this entire interview can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/Lf6YDjEaaYw Jerrod Brown, Ph.D., is a professor, trainer, consultant, and researcher, and the founder and CEO of the American Institute for the Advancement of Forensic Studies (AIAFS). His previous episode on this podcast is about Mysopedia, the sadistic child serial killer. In this broadcast, he discussed the phenomenon of familicide. Known sometimes as Family Annihilators, this is the murder of a family, committed usually by the father. Jarrod and I talk shop right from the get-go, so podcast listeners here this recording from the start.
Show Highlights:
- Listing of family annihilators in case history.
- Jerrod discusses some of the important variables in these kinds of crimes.
- The distinction between cases of familicide, family annihilators, family mass murderers, filicide, and other terms.
- “Toxic masculinity,” “righteous slaughter,” and other concepts related to familicide. American Institute for the Advancement of Forensic Studies (AIAFS):
https://www.aiafs.com https://www.aiafs.com/staff-member.asp?xd=60
Jerrod Brown talks familicide on The Criminologist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74yswC9ROSI&t=1663s
Seductions of Crime by Jack Katz:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/seductions-of-crime-jack-katz/1111985566?ean=9780465076161
The John List case:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-list
William Bradford Bishop, Jr.:
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/murders/william-bradford-bishop-jr
Ronald Eugene Simmons:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Gene_Simmons
Robert Fisher:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_William_Fisher
Dupont de Ligonnès Murders and Disappearance:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dupont_de_Ligonnès_murders_and_disappearance
Jerrod Brown on Criminal Behaviorology
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The McMartin Sexual Abuse Trial: Operant Seeing and the Dangers of Expert Opinion
Mysopedia: The Sadistic Child Murderer
Indiana’s Mayhem & Murder: Historical True Crime in the Hoosier State
Author Keven McQueen has written books for decades now, and has taken an interest in what he calls “historical true crime.” In this interview we discuss his book on crimes in the Hoosier state before 1940. In addition, some of Keven’s musings on history, society, and the particular sources he has found most helpful in finding these unique stories.
Show Highlights:
- Keven’s journey in becoming a non-fiction author.
- His moral and ethical concerns writing about criminal cases. The reason for his cutoff of 1940 as the last year he will draw stories from.
- Thoughts on the popularity of true crime. An explanation of “historical” true crime.
- Hazel Triumphant! A young mother is accused of the murder of her infant twins. She was the sole caretaker of the two children, until it was discovered they were not real.
- Hypothetical Questions in Abundance. An outspoken, pro-German, minister shares his views in the World War I period. Did this result in his murder? Or was there something more to the story, like espionage?
- The Boy Bandit. A young man goes on a crime spree. Was he influenced by “dime-store novels,” or was he just bad? Many twists and turns in this story.
- Three Ways to Escape Punishment. What appears to be a simple murder-for-hire scheme certainly has an elaborate defense strategy. First the wife didn’t have anything to do with it. Then it was she had to do it because her husband was insane. No, she had to do it because of her own insanity!
- Grave robbery as a common crime in Indiana. Behavioral economics and the reduced frequency of some crimes over time.
- The best ways to research crime stories. Why local papers, and ancestry.com, can be great resources. The conversations Keven has had with descendants of some of individuals in his books.
- Future books Keven is working on.
Murder & Mayhem in Indiana (2014):
https://www.hamiltonbook.com/murder-mayhem-in-indiana-paperbound
Keven Mcqueen’s Website / Written Works:
http://www.kevenmcqueenstories.com/published_works
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Child Welfare: Behavior Analysis Metrics (BAM) on Abuse, Neglect, and Family Preservation
Dr. Brandon F. Greene has worked for over forty years in dealing with child maltreatment, family preservation and a host of other areas of great interest to those working to improve society. A cogent, entertaining, and data-driven book is the end result of he and his colleagues’ work in some very challenging settings. Dr. Greene provides a range of techniques and instruments to assist the most vulnerable in our communities using behavior analysis as the guide. The video interview can be viewed on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/ubVQyNF97ik Show Highlights: - Dr. Greene’s career in the field of child welfare, family reunification, domestic violence prevention, etc. - Behavior Analysis Metrics & Applications (BAMA). - Critical Family Periods. A two-edged sword. - In cases where children are separated from their families, is the goal always to return home? The termination of parental rights. - The CLEAN instrument, and how it is used in child welfare cases. - The use of task analyses is discussed throughout the book. How these tools become important in regards to preservation and reunification processes. - Protecting children from "lures" as described in Dr. Greene’s book. - The CARE instrument used in domestic violence cases. - BAM used for visitation requirements. Data collection on visitations. Dr. Greene's role and findings. - The true litmus test of competency based training and why. - The concepts of "microlending" (coined by economist Muhammed Yunnus) and “microlabor” (coined by Dr. Greene). Behavior Analysis: Metrics & Applications for the Preservation & Reunification of Families (Volume 1: Behavior Analysis in Child Welfare) by Brandon F. Greene, Ph.D.: https://www.shenvalpress.com/product-page/behavioral-metrics-applications-for-preservation-reunification-of-families Look up CrimBehav on Facebook: facebook.com/CrimBehav. Criminal Behaviorology on Blogger. CB Podcast Sites: https://anchor.fm/criminalbehaviorology https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/criminal-behaviorology/id1441879795?mt=2&uo=4 h ttps://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy83MzY4OWFjL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz https://open.spotify.com/show/5VM7Sjv762u7nb91YWGczZ https://www.breaker.audio/criminal-behaviorology https://overcast.fm/itunes1441879795/criminal-behaviorology https://pca.st/Q38w https://radiopublic.com/criminal-behaviorology-GEv2AZ https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/anchor-podcasts/criminal-behaviorology https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKSVoZOBwCG28xMnuPq_Gtw On Locals Social Media: https://criminalbehaviorology.locals.com/?showPosts=1 https://criminalbehaviorology.locals.com Please write a review on any of our podcast sites listed above. Questions, comments, and requests for transcripts to: criminalbehaviorology@gmail.com Thank you for listening.
Genes and Behavior - 4.25.18
An examination of one chapter from Jay Moore's book "From a Behavioral Point of View: A Psychological Primer" where he discusses the idea that genes do not "cause" behavior in the common use of the term. Implications for behaviorists, and especially criminal behaviorologists, are significant.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34599965-from-a-behavioral-point-of-view
Eating at Us: Cannibalism in History, Legend and in the Animal World
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Eating at Us: Cannibalism in History, Legend and in the Animal World
For this Halloween special, we are serving up a tasty treat. The concept of cannibals conjures scary images and horrific tales. How could such behavior ever exist? Is it so unnatural to the human species (and others)? Three writings on this topic offer some insight.
Show Highlights:
Cannibalism: From Sacrifice to Survival:
The troubling history of this practice, and the importance of taking a skeptical viewpoint when hearing tales of horror
Religion, custom and spiritualism. Transubstantiation as a religious tradition.
Werewolves as legend and grisly horror.
NPR Article on Cannibalism:
The surprising truth about how common the practice might have been.
The many forms seen throughout the world
Cannibalism in the Chicken Coup:
Learned by individual birds and can spread to others through social learning
Genetics and cannibalism
Different methods to prevent chicken cannibalism - some quite cruel
The crucial role of the environment
Night of the Living Dead (1968):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Living_Dead
Past Criminal Behaviorology podcasts on Halloween (2020 and 2019):
https://anchor.fm/criminalbehaviorology/episodes/Trick-or-Treat--Behavior-Theory-and-Crime--Dog-Training-and-Beggars-Night-Becomes-Halloween-elo9o0
https://anchor.fm/criminalbehaviorology/episodes/Night-of-the-Shaping-Dead-Zombie-Behavior--Shaping--and-Resurgence-e8cnk7
Cannibalism from Sacrifice to Survival by Hans Askenasy:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cannibalism-hans-askenasy/1112400547
NPR on Cannibalism in History:
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/02/22/515668867/cannibalism-its-perfectly-natural-a-new-scientific-history-argues
Welfare of the Laying Hen (ed. G.C. Perry) - Chapter Cannibalism by R.C. Newberry:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Welfare_of_the_Laying_Hen/44S7TRL2lk0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Cannibalism+by+R.C.+Newberry+Chapter+22&printsec=frontcover
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The Sylvia Likens Case: The Infamous Indiana Torture Slaying
The Effect of Nurture: Tony Biglan Discusses the Importance of a Positive Environment
My Presentation to the Arizona Association for Behavior Analysis (AZABA)
Criminal Behaviorology
My Presentation to the Arizona Association for Behavior Analysis (AZABA)
Every now and then a little good fortune comes in the form of being asked to present on your favorite topic. I graciously accepted after an unexpected invitation to speak at the AZABA regarding the specialization of crime and behavior analysis. This was a popular event, with many relevant questions about the very subject matter this podcast was made for.
Show Highlights:
- CDFBA Special Interest Group with the Association of Behavior Analysis International (ABAI)
- Criminal Behaviorology – The Podcast and Field of Study
- Behavior Analysis Applied to the Criminal and Civil Justice Systems
- Domestic Violence and the Idea of Operant Conditioning as an Explanation
- Competency to Stand Trial Restoration - A Proposed Study
- What are some of the ethical considerations with behavior analysis becoming involved with competency to stand trial restoration
- The distinction between not guilty by reason of insanity and incompetency to stand trial
The Arizona Association for Behavior Analysis:
https://azaba.org
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Kids, Cars and Danger: Hot Car Deaths and Human Memory
Kids, Cars and Danger
Janette Fennell had a rather dramatic beginning in her advocacy of car safety. Kidnapped at gunpoint with her husband, they were placed in the trunk of their own car and transported to an unknown location. After they managed to escape with their bare hands, she sought out data on cases of trunk entrapment and what could be done in terms of prevention. In time, she helped mandate interior trunk releases for all cars in the United States. Because of the efforts of this one-woman data collection machine, she began to work on the phenomenon of children dying in hot cars after lapses in memory by their parents. This episode focuses on the tragic and the hopeful. Dr. David Diamond, memory expert and neuroscientist, joins us to discuss his role in answering the question: “How could a parent mistakenly leave their own child in a vehicle?” As hundreds of children have died in hot car deaths, and notable criminal prosecutions have resulted, we delve into the intricacies of the human memory and technology that could save the lives of many.
Video of this interview in its entirety:
youtu.be/pGcUNnuSpHY
** Important update on the Justin Ross Harris Case:
www.yahoo.com/news/murder-conviction-overturned-georgia-hot-142320038.html
Show Highlights:
- Janette’s kidnapping from her own garage and escape from being contained in the trunk of her car. The realization that the National Highway Safety Administration did not collect data on deaths and injuries related to vehicles not on the roads, despite numerous such incidents in many different ways.
- The reality of children being left in hot cars. The change in environment (within the car) that came from laws having children ride in the back to prevent deaths from airbag deployment.
- Notable cases such as the films Stop All Clocks and especially the Justin Ross Harris case in Fatal Distraction.
- How prosecutors are handling cases like this. The significance of public perception and particularly how the media has responded.
- Dr. Diamond discusses the significance of brain anatomy and his own experiences in the potential for a loss of awareness due to environmental and neurological factors.
- The Hot Cars Act and the potential for an improvement in vehicle safety using technology to save the lives of children.
- The significance of data collection in regards to why some issues are perceived as important and others are sadly neglected.
Janette Fennell - KidsAndCars:
www.kidsandcars.org
Dr. David Diamond:
theconversation.com/profiles/david-diamond-274127
Children dying in hot cars: a tragedy that can be prevented, by Dr. David Diamond
theconversation.com/children-dying-in-hot-cars-a-tragedy-that-can-be-prevented-60909
How one woman changed the safety standards of the entire car industry
thehustle.co/how-one-woman-changed-the-safety-standards-of-the-entire-car-industry/
Data on the change after children were required to ride in the back seat
www.kidsandcars.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/airbag_vs_heatstroke_EN.pdf
Pulitzer Prize-winning article..Fatal Distraction
www.kidsandcars.org/2016/07/08/fatal-distraction-forgetting-a-child-in-the-backseat-of-a-car-is-a-horrifying-mistake-is-it-a-crime-2/
Video About Vayyar Full-Cabin Monitoring Technology
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mi-B6kyow8
Vayyar Pioneers Full-Cabin Monitoring with One Radar-on-Chip
www.carsifu.my/news/vayyar-pioneers-full-cabin-monitoring-with-one-radar-on-chip
Backup camera in every new car puts safety at forefront
www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/sc-auto-cover-0517-backup-camera-mandate-20180509-story.html
Advocacy battle regarding review cameras
associationsnow.com/2018/05/advocacy-battle-behind-rearview-cameras-cars/
The Hot Cars Act
www.kidsandcars.org/hot-cars-act-of-2019/
Stop All Clocks (2012)
www.imdb.com/title/tt2302841/
Fatal Distractio
Two MORE Speakers on Behavior Analysis (Novel Uses of ABA - Part II)
Criminal Behaviorology
Two MORE Speakers on Behavior Analysis (Novel Uses of ABA - Part II)
In our second installment of the webinar series (Novel Uses of Applied Behavior Analysis - Part II) we have presentations from Joseph Cautilli and Michael Weinberg. Joseph Cautilli, PhD, BCBA-D, has served in numerous settings and has been a guest on a previous episode. Michael Weinberg, PhD, BCBA-D, has 35 plus years of experience in the application of behavior analytic services to various populations and age groups.
SPECIAL NOTE: This is a recording of a live webinar and CE units are no longer available for purchase.
A video presentation of this discussion can be found in its entirety below:
https://youtu.be/9Mct_eGJmmA
Our Facebook Page on the Novel Uses of ABA Webinar Series:
https://www.facebook.com/NovelApplications
To access the slides from these two lectures (Forensic Behavior Analysis Facebook Group - Under “Files.” Look for Novel Uses of ABA Webinar - Part II):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1103246663153346/files
Cautilli Highlights:
- The history of behaviorists in instruction
- The interventions they created and their effectiveness.
- The history of Curriculum Based Measurement (CBM)
- Research supporting CBM
- The importance of rate as a unit of measure in CBM
- Methods for assessing students on reading curriculum
Weinberg Highlights:
- Definition of Organizational Behavior Management (OBM)
- Three OBM methods as applied to improvement of staff performance
- Describing a model of implementation of OBM to provide outcomes of an organization
- Explanation and description of tools employers and HR professionals may use to improve hiring practices
Criminal Behaviorology podcast with Joseph Cautilli on “Behaviorism Applied Everywhere” (8/28/2019):
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/criminalbehaviorology/episodes/2020-08-28T06_59_37-07_00
https://anchor.fm/criminalbehaviorology/episodes/Behaviorism-Applied-Everywhere--Joe-Cautilli-Discusses-the-Many-Uses-of-Behavior-Analysis-eippns
Portions of the first Novel Uses of ABA Webinar, as featured on this podcast (“Two Speakers on Behavior Analysis - Novel Uses of ABA”):
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/criminalbehaviorology/episodes/2020-09-30T18_55_28-07_00
https://anchor.fm/criminalbehaviorology/episodes/Two-Speakers-on-Behavior-Analysis-Novel-Uses-of-ABA-eke5nm
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Victims or survivors? Victimology as Viewed by a Behavior Analyst
A Critical Look at In Cold Blood: The True Crime Novel as a Work of Literature
Criminal Behaviorology
A Critical Look at In Cold Blood: The True Crime Novel as a Work of Literature
After meeting writer Nicolas Tredell in 2018, I found him to have a keen understanding of true crime, writing, and history. He has edited a new book focusing on the Truman Capote novel, In Cold Blood. We discuss the infamous Clutter family murder as written about in Capote’s world-famous work, as well as in multiple film and television adaptations, as well as the influence of such a style of writing.
Show Highlights:
- The Clutter family murder in Holcomb, Kansas in 1959. The shocking nature of such a crime in its time as compared to today.
- The psychology of the perpetrators, Smith and Hickock. The “folie à deux” (“madness for two”) element in this murder. The social-psychological factors involved.
- The very pertinent issues in this case, impacting us to this day, including insanity as a defense, the death penalty, and so forth.
- What is appealing regarding this case and Truman Capote’s book, In Cold Blood.
- The cross-cutting technique in Capote’s writing and other prescient features that are hallmarks of modern true crime and fiction stories.
- What is special about the true crime novel as literature and why true crime remains so popular.
- The accuracy of these kinds of based-on-a-true-story type novels and movies. Can such a genre ever be completely accurate, or is some embellishment necessary to truly convey the ideas?
- Capote’s possible insight into how our changing world was relevant to the Kansas murders. Crimes motivated for self-esteem.
- How our modern life, highway travel, technology, and other factors all contribute to crimes manifested in new ways.
Critical Insights: In Cold Blood, Edited by Nicolas Tredell (2020):
https://salempress.com/book/critical-insights-in-cold-blood
The Clutter Family Murder:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutter_family_murders
In Cold Blood (1967):
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061809/
In Cold Blood (1996):
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116619/
Capote (2005):
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379725/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Infamous (2006):
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420609/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
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Trick or Treat! Behavior Theory and Crime, Dog Training and Beggars’ Night Becomes Halloween
Criminal Behaviorology
Trick or Treat! Behavior Theory and Crime, Dog Training and Beggars’ Night Becomes Halloween
Three readings as a treat for this Halloween season. One segment from a criminology textbook and two articles on behavior analysis as it relates to this ghoulish time of the year.
Show Highlights:
- Behavior theory as seen by a criminologist. What is unique about behaviorism as compared to other fields in psychology. Why it is important for understanding the causes of crime. Criticisms of behavior theory.
- Operant conditioning and dog training. How our pets react can tell us something about the influence of the environment we have created for them. The importance doing good things without an incentive. The idea of altruism.
- How behavior analysis helped create the tradition of Halloween. Ugly realities of October in the 1930s. Police reports on vandalism and other mayhem in Des Moines, Iowa. How one woman started a campaign to establish an alternate behavior for children (perform a trick, stunt, sing a song, etc.) on “Beggars’ Night,” the legacy of these efforts today.
Criminology Today: An Integrative Introduction, 5thEdition, by Frank Schmalleger (2008):
https://www.amazon.com/Criminology-Today-Integrative-Introduction-5th/dp/013513031X
Trick or treat? A look beyond operant conditioning in dogs and humans by John Spieser:
http://www.annarbor.com/pets/trick-or-treat-a-look-at-operant-conditioning-and-beyond/
Halloween in the 1900s: How Applied Behavior Analysis Shaped the Future of Trick-of-Treating by Emaley McCulloch:
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Two Speakers on Behavior Analysis (Novel Uses of ABA)
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Two Speakers on Behavior Analysis (Novel Uses of ABA)
In a recent webinar on the Novel Uses of Applied Behavior Analysis, we have presentations from two very accomplished speakers. Kent Corso, PsyD, BCBA-D, has worked in the areas of suicidality, health and military applications, and has been a guest on a previous episode. Vanessa Bethea-Miller, MA, BCBA, provides details regarding the juvenile justice population and how behavior analysis can make a difference. Kent begins at 04:55 and ends about 39:04. Vanessa begins at 40:31 and winds up the podcast.
Corso Highlights:
- How the research on behavior analysis has focused on such a small percentage of the population.
- “Demand Signals” regarding where behavior analytic research could be useful. Options for the future dissemination of behavior analysis.
- The importance of publishing in non-ABA journals and communicating respectfully and efficiently with those outside the field.
Bethea-Miller Highlights:
- Defining juvenile justice in behavioral terms.
- Statistics and pertinent facts regarding this population.
- Research on methods of treatment.
- Token reinforcement and contingency management programs.
- Switching from a reactive to a preventive model.
Criminal Behaviorology Podcast with Kent Corso on preventing suicide in the military (8/17/2019):
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Behaviorism Applied Everywhere: Joe Cautilli Discusses the Many Uses of Behavior Analysis
Bad Analysis Equals Wrongful Conviction: The Tragic Case of Timothy Masters
I Have Decided to Call this Criminal Behaviorology
Criminal Behaviorology
I Have Decided to Call this Criminal Behaviorology
In a recent symposium, presented online, your host had the opportunity to present on the Application and Dissemination of Applied Behavior Analysis in the Criminal Justice Field. Along with an excellent opportunity to discuss an area of behavior analysis not always presented at such conferences, there was also a walk down memory lane regarding some of the episodes we have presented previously. In addition, the announcement of an upcoming (July 30th, 2020) webinar on “Novel Uses of Applied Behavior Analysis,” for which Continuing Education units are available. Sign-up information is below:
https://www.signupforms.com/registrations/23153
Updates and other information on this webinar can be found at this Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/NovelApplications/
Show Highlights:
- The start of Criminal Behaviorology as an area of interest. A brief review of literature on crime and behavior analysis that is by no means exhaustive.
- A Special Interest Group with the Association of Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) on Crime, Delinquency and Forensic Behavior Analysis.
- A special focus on domestic violence, in part because of some very intriguing literature, and because it is an area of where crime and behavior analysis intersect in some ways potentially quite beneficial.
- The upcoming webinar on the novel applications of ABA. A set of speakers on different topics for students, researchers, and practitioners of applied behavior analysis.
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Criminology from a New Perspective: The Psychosocial View
Religion Reinforced – Religion as a schedule-induced behavior and the case of "King" James Strang
Criminal Profiling, Serial Killers, Necrophilia, and Other Things
A Clockwork Behavior Analysis: Bobby Newman Discusses Myth and Reality Regarding Behavior Analysis, Crime and the Famous Anthony Burgess Story
The Exploitation of Crime: Crimesploitation and the Media Misuse of Reality Crime Stories
November 16, 2019
Night of the Shaping Dead: Zombie Behavior, Shaping, and Resurgence
Criminal Behaviorology
Night of the Shaping Dead: Zombie Behavior, Shaping, and Resurgence
Being as it is the Halloween season, we can have some fun, right? Dr. Kennon Lattal wrote two blogs for the Aubrey Daniels Institute about zombies from a behavior analytic perspective. Why not? Dr. Lattal is on sabbatical currently, but was gracious enough to respond to my email questions. Let’s suspend the “dead man rule” in behavior analysis (where we say that if a dead man can do it we do not accept it as an intervention, i.e., “stay in one place,” “don’t make any noise,” etc.) and instead apply an undead rule as we seek to understand how to deal with zombies through behavior analysis.
Show Highlights:
- Why is shaping as a concept so important, and is it misunderstood – or just NOT understood at all?
- What makes social relevance important and how do we determine what might be socially relevant in one instance or another?
- How does one go about deciding where to start in terms of shaping behavior and how fast one should proceed from one step to the next? Do you find people are frustrated in the success of shaping because, with zombies or people, the progress can be quite slow?
- What is resurgence, and how can it serve as an explanation for societal problems such as addiction or criminal recidivism?
- How can resurgence result in behavior generally seen as positive (unlike what we usually see out of zombies)?
Dr. Lattal’s page on West Virginia University:
https://psychology.wvu.edu/faculty-and-staff/faculty-directory/kennon-lattal
How to Shape a Zombie
https://www.aubreydaniels.com/blog/how-shape-zombie
Zombies and Resurgence: A Halloween Analysis
https://www.aubreydaniels.com/blog/zombies-and-resurgence-halloween-analysis
Article on Shaping (Ekerman, et al., 1980):
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1332956/pdf/jeabehav00082-0006.pdf
Article on Resurgence in the Mexican Journal of Behavior Analysis:
http://rmac-mx.org/category/vol-41-no-2-numero-monografico-2015/
Day of the Dead (1985)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088993/
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063350/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
Zombie (1979)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080057/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1
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Pirates! Behavior Analysis and Maritime Crime from the Great Lakes to Modern Day Somalia
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Pirates! Behavior Analysis and Maritime Crime from the Great Lakes to Modern Day Somalia
Timothy reads from two books on pirates in the great lakes as well as a Todd A. Ward article on piracy in the coastal waters of Somalia. Behavior analysts, rogues that we are, might have role in resolving piracy in the modern age.
Show Highlights:
- James Strang (“The King if Beaver Island”) and his pursuit of “Prophet,” as in his followers overtaking of the largest island in Lake Michigan. How Strang is viewed as a pirate by many, and why his rule over “St. James Island” led to his own violent end.
- “Dangerous” Dan Seavey. Lawman, brawler, poacher and the last of the Great Lakes pirates.
- Why piracy is an interesting subject matter in regards to criminology and behavior analysis. Once ubiquitous in the waterways, it is now localized to key parts of the world. What can this sea change in delinquency tell us about how crime originates?
- Todd A. Ward on Kantor’s Interbehaviorism in regards to piracy in Somalia.
- How a sociological problem could be ameliorated by psychological interventions. Communication networks in crisis situations are relevant to the threats ship crews face. What factors within the country itself are most relevant?
- Explicit, implicit and heuristic rules in regards to maritime crime and other problems.
International Talk Like a Pirate Day:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day
Frederick Stonehouse’s Book “Pirates, Crooks and Killers: The Dark Side of the Great Lakes”
http://www.averycolorstudios.com/Books/Fred-Stonehouse.html
“Michigan Rogues, Desperadoes and Cut-throats” by Tom Powers
https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/bsi/article/view/2497
Todd A. Ward’s Article on Piracy:
https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/bsi/article/view/2497
Kantor’s Interbehaviorism:
https://kantor.weebly.com/
The First Barbary Wars (1801 – 1805)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War
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Preventing Suicide in the Military and Among Veterans
Criminal Behaviorology
Preventing Suicide in the Military and Among Veterans
Kent Corso is a psychologist, behavior analyst and Air Force veteran. In his many writings and presentations he has provided valuable information on what is known, and what is not, about suicide among veterans and active-duty military. In this podcast we cover the problem of suicide in the military and how behavior analysis may have a role to play.
Show Highlights:
- Why the term “commit” in regards to suicide is loaded language with a very negative connotation. Saying “took his own life” or similar phrase is more sensitive to those close to the event.
- The fact that suicide, as a phenomenon, has never been known to reduce in the number of deaths per year, as long as it has been studied.
- The extensive amount of literature on suicide, and why much of it provides very limited actionable information regarding prevention.
- How suicide, like other severe behavior problems, can be understood as something shaped over time and our focus should be on all significant factors that precede it.
Xcelerate Innovations Website:
https://www.xcelerateinnovations.com/
Air Force Magazine August 2019 article on suicide:
ABAI Special Interest Groups:
https://www.abainternational.org/constituents/special-interests/special-interest-groups.aspx
ABAI SIG on Military and Veterans Affairs Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/791636850870934/
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Right Off the BAT: The Operant Conditioning Theory Regarding Domestic Violence
Criminal Behaviorology
Title: Right Off the BAT: The Operant Conditioning Theory Regarding Domestic Violence
Dr. Marilyn Bonem is a professor at Eastern Michigan University. In 2008, she co-wrote a study on domestic violence using the Battering Assessment Tool (BAT). In this interview we discuss with Dr. Bonem the results of her study of batterers and how we should think of domestic violence in behavioral terms as opposed to placing the offenders in vague psychological categories.
Show Highlights:
- The intervention programs for domestic violence often used, including the Duluth and CBT models.
- Viewing domestic violence from a behavioral point of view. What are the advantages to treating domestic violence as an operant behavior?
- Dr. Bonem’s work on the Battering Assessment Tool (BAT).
- The lack of a specific “personality” type for batterers, and how an improved understanding of antecedents and consequences may serve as an explanation for the phenomenon of domestic violence.
- What are the reactions of domestic violence victims to the results of BAT research? How these findings can help victims.
- Concerns about how this information is received. Is there a risk of excusing batterers or blaming the victim?
Dr. Bonem’s page with Eastern Michigan University:
https://www.emich.edu/psychology/faculty/mbonem.php
Link to the 2008 article on the BAT:
https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2014-55088-006.html
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51 School Attacks Averted!
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Title: 51 School Attacks Averted!
Frank Straub has been in law enforcement for decades. He has been an advisor to West Point, Indianapolis Chief of Police, a White Plains, NY, Public Safety Director, an Executive Deputy Inspector General for the Office of the New York State Inspector General, among other things. He is now the Director of Strategic Studies & Center for Mass Violence Response Studies. He has a PhD in Criminal Justice and is now interested in becoming a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). He recently wrote “A Comparison of Averted and Completed School Attacks from the Police Foundation Averted School Violence Database,” with psychologist Peter Langman. In this interview Frank discusses the comparison of 51 school attacks averted to those completed.
Show Highlights:
- Frank Straub’s extensive career in law enforcement and his path to an interest in behavior analysis.
- The research that has been done on thwarting school attacks. The distinctions found between the 51 school attacks prevented, and those that were tragically completed.
- How reporting on these stories matters and why the focus on victims can be beneficial.
- How the monitoring of social media has made a difference.
- Operational definition of a school attack and why they are similar to incidents of workplace violence.
- Of course, not all school attacks can be prevented. Nonetheless, we look for opportunities to intervene, which can be so important.
The 2019 report by Straub and Langman:
BARK – Social media monitoring system for parents:
Link to Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events (CRASE)
https://www.cityofmadison.com/police/safety/commTrainings/crase.cfm
https://www.bark.us/blog/active-shooter-situation-frank-straub/
Webinar on 51 School Attacks Averted Compared to Those Completed (1/22/2019):
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Michigan’s True Crime – Tobin T. Buhk discusses his career as a true crime writer as we focus on his book True Crime: Michigan – The State’s Most Notorious Criminal Cases
Show Highlights:
- How Tobin Buhk became involved with true crime writing and his many books on the topic.
- Why we tend to look for a single explanation for why crime occurs, and how a multi-factorial approach is often rejected in favor of more peculiar theories.
- Strang Circumstances covers the assassination of the “King of Beaver Island” in 1856. The leader of a Mormon sect comes to an untimely end at the hands of his enemies.
- Andrew Kehoe, the “Dynamite Farmer,” becomes the perpetrator of the worst school massacre in history, in the year 1927.
- The diabolical mind of Arthur Waite, a chronic liar and “Heiress Hunter” who hatches a plot to poison an entire family and inherit their fortune.
- Why the true crime genre remains such a popular subject for writers, and how the “gapers block” is one explanation of our ongoing fascination with the macabre.
True Crime: Michigan by Tobin Buhk:
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His latest book Pardonable Matricide: Robert Irving Latimer, from Michigan's "Most Dangerous Inmate" to Free Man:
https://www.amazon.com/Pardonable-Matricide-Latimer-Michigans-Dangerous/dp/1476676348/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=Tobin+T.+Buhk&qid=1554073136&s=gateway&sr=8-6-spell
Tobin Buhk’s blog on true crime:
darkcornersofhistory.com
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Interview with the Forensic Psychologist – Dr. W. Joseph Wyatt discusses his long career as it is detailed in his book - The Breaking Point Killing: And Other True Cases of Murder and Malice.
In this interview we cover Dr. Wyatt’s work as an expert witness and how his interest in behavior analysis developed into a unique perspective on crime, forensic psychology and modern mental health care.
Show Highlights:
- The title case describes how bullying ultimately culminated into a lethal event. How a behavior analytic view differs from the way traditional psychology might conceptualize such a case.
- A private life made public, mental deterioration and a tragic act result in the aftermath of an overseas scam, in “He Murdered His Gay Partner.”
- Some of the limitations in our standard methods for treating mental illness, and especially psychiatry’s intriguing recent history. Ways that a behavior analytic viewpoint could be of benefit in the future for those in need of care.
- The real-life work of a forensic psychologist as an expert witness and how Dr. Wyatt has navigated through our adversarial legal system by offering critical testimony in numerous cases.
https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Point-Killing-Murder-Malice-ebook/dp/B01BN54GNC/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1551267087&refinements=p_27%3AW.+Joseph+Wyatt&s=digital-text&sr=1-1&text=W.+Joseph+Wyatt
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The Story of Darius McCollum – Interview with Filmmaker Adam Irving - Off the Rails
This film covers the surprising and unique story of Darius McCollum, who has stolen numerous New York City subway trains and buses to simply run their usual routes and drop passengers off at their desired destinations. He has been charged with felonies after over thirty arrests. This interview will be of interest to those intrigued by crime, the justice system, mental illness and Criminal Behaviorology.
Show highlights:
- Adam’s work as a filmmaker and the pros and cons of making documentaries.
- Why the Darius McCollum case is unique and how his story is known worldwide.
- How Autism Spectrum Disorder is more well known than when Darius was first arrested.
- The early life experiences Darius had and the possible functions of his unusual behavior.
- How Darius got away with illegally operating public transportation vehicles and his own views on why he did it.
- Why the criminal justice system may need to reconsider how they process mentally ill defendants.
- An update on a major motion film about Darius and where he is today.
Website for the film Off the Rails:
http://www.offtherailsmovie.com/
Off the Rails Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaJKDQZMW4c
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The ABAI Substance Use and Addiction Conference in Washington D.C.
- The different lectures addressing substance use from a behavioral analytic lens.
- The poster session and the many different kinds of professionals interested in this area.
- A new perspective on the problem of addiction and a Ted Talk about an interesting change of strategy against the drug problem used in Canada.
The harm reduction model of drug addiction treatment | Mark Tyndall:
youtu.be/cfzkBGgxXGE
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Hostage Negotiation and Behavior Analysis: What Research Tells Us About Making Requests in a Danger
In this interview with Emily Mandel we discuss hostage negotiation and how high-probability requests, that precede low-probability requests, could make a difference in a critical situation.
Show Highlights:
- Emily's interest in behavior analysis and the many applications of this science.
- Behavioral momentum and influence on compliance. How the presentation of high-probability requests before a low-probability can matter.
- The uniqueness of the Hughes (2009) study and how the data was gathered.
- The limitations of the current research and where we can go from here.
The article in bsci21.org by Emily Mandel:
bsci21.org/the-use-of-high-probability-request-sequences-in-hostage-negotiation/
Information about the three hostage situations:
www.policeone.com/police-products/communications/crisis-communications/articles/1284852-Retrospective-The-1981-take-over-of-the-Atlanta-FBI-office/
nypost.com/2014/08/03/the-man-who-inspired-dog-day-afternoon/
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Sacramento_hostage_crisis
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