The Carrot, the Stick and the Prisoner

Editorial: To license or not to license? That is the question: Or, if we make a profession, will they come?

“…16-17). Indeed, as cases mounted many professions including the psychologists at the American Psychological Association found it easier to abandon behavior modification then to defend it (see Trotter, 1974; Trotter & Warren, 1974a,b). This was particularly unfortunate for the prisoners and in some cases unjustified for as Goldiamond (1975) pointed out “...practices of those not trained in behavior modification procedures have been ascribed to behavior modification.” (p. 106).…”