... behavioural changes. Contingency management (CM) programmes are based on the operant conditioning principle that when, particularly, positive reinforcement is immediately made contingent upon a specific behaviour this will strengthen the respective behaviour (Spiegler and Guevremont, 2010). The most used CM...

...Rachel Worthington; Suzanne Wheeler Purpose Hyperfocus (HF) is characterised by an intense state of concentration/focus. The purpose of this study is to explore in what ways HF has been found to contribute towards offending behaviour and what treatments have been found to be efficacious to reduce...

...Irram Walji; Vincent Egan; Andres Fonseca; Adam Huxley Purpose – There is an association between the diagnosis of a mental illness and violent behaviour. Individuals diagnosed with severe and enduring mental health difficulties who display violent behaviour have inferior treatment outcomes when...

...Isabel Brunton; Tom Hartley Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the Enhanced Thinking Skills (ETS) programme, prepared for the Joint Prison Probation Service Accreditation Panel, might reduce antisocial behaviour if delivered to school‐aged children. Design/methodology...

... assessment. Design/methodology/approach Nursing staff were interviewed to identify operationally defined early warning signs of high risk behaviours. Frequency of occurrence of the early warning signs and the high risk behaviour were rated over a one week period to establish the predictive validity...

... the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) and their prison regime status was recorded. The experimental group completed the PACI‐O‐YPV. Findings Results showed YPP who completed the PACI‐O‐YPV displayed an improved prison regime status, indicating improved behaviour whilst in prison and increased SWLS, compared...