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...Behavior Mod" Behind the Walls
Quiet Design. "Behavior mod," as it is familiarly known, evokes flashing images of 1984 and A Clockwork Orange, complete with irresistible mind-bending techniques, drugs and, perhaps, brain surgery. In fact, the broad concept includes even the rudimentary punishment-reward systems long standard for prison guards, or, for that matter, parents, teachers and corporations. But a new legal concern rests on the fact that behavioral scientists have been quietly designing more detailed and sophisticated programs for prisons. Quietly, because behavior mod sets off something of an automatic aversion reaction of its own. Among recent legal actions...
...imposed on anyone who does not want it. On the other hand, there is some preliminary indication that the treatment may work -to the benefit of both the prisoner and society. If the voluntary program is ended, inmates who really do want to participate would lose out. Many behavior-mod programs "have some fairly good data of success with volunteers," says Norval Morris, director of the Center for Studies in Criminal Justice at the University of Chicago. But they have "a very low record of success with nonvolunteers...
...know the thing a freakoid cracker hates most in the world? Platform shoes on a male. In any hip crowd you can spot the freakoid cracker. He'll be looking with utter disdain on the guy flying around with the four-inch platform heels. The English mod look...
...including an Indian psychologist and a body-language specialist, are scattered around the courtroom jotting notes for later discussions on what the candidates revealed about themselves during questioning. Schulman's own comments tend to gauge emotional styles ("obdurate," "feels warm," "holding back"); Christie records types ("earth mother," "fraudulently mod," "Viking quarterback...