Token Economy Evaluation
- Created by: Jennypix
- Created on: 18-11-15 07:36
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- Token Economy Evaluation
- + No highly trained staff needed.
- - Ethical issues from withdrawn rights.
- May be seen as against will.
- - Not generalizable:only temporary as it is not continued into the real world.
- Criminals may go back to old ways when they are no longer rewarded.
- Does not tackle cause of aggression.
- - Rice et al (1990)
- 92 male offenders in TEP had a behaviour change but was not consistent in the real world.
- + Hobbs and Holt (1976)
- 125 criminal boys studied in 4 groups
- 1 control, 3 TEP
- TEP behaviour's improved, control did not.
- 1 control, 3 TEP
- 125 criminal boys studied in 4 groups
- - May not be TEP that causes change.
- May be positive environment.
- - Tokens can be exploited by staff, lead to poor relationships.
- Staff may not be consistent and do not focus on TEP efficiently.
- Failure when transferring to home environment.
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