Criminal Behaviorology

Criminal Behaviorology  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...

   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...

   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 o...

   Criminal Behaviorology  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...

  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 t...

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 suc...

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 Behavior...

A report on the first ever Substance Use and Addiction Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis International. This unique conference applied the concepts of behavior analysis to one of our most damaging social problems. After years of failed attempts to reduce the problem of addiction, a new perspective is badly needed. Show highlights: - The different lectures addressing substance use...

An article by James Hughes in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (2009) considered how high-probability requests could influence the compliance of hostage takers to the advantage of negotiators. In 2015, Emily Mandel reviewed the article by James Hughes in bsci21.org. In this interview with Emily Mandel we discuss hostage negotiation and how high-probability requests, that precede low-probab...