Karola Dillenburger is a Professor of Behaviour Analysis and Education and Director of the Centre for Behaviour Analysis at Queen’s University Belfast. She provides insights from her 2007 article on behavior analysis and victimology. Her own experiences living in Northern Ireland supplement this often neglected side of the impact of criminality. We find that many of the same contingencies found with victims are also in place in the learning histories of perpetrators.
A video presentation of this discussion can be found in its entirety below:
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What is Victimology as a field of study?
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The three key concepts: a) personal learning history; b) prevailing contingencies; and c) cultural contexts. How these concepts factor in the development of victims and perpetrators.
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The importance of behavioral ...
Criminal Behaviorology
Episode # 60
Title: Artificial Law: AI Legal Cases and Crimes of the Future
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Two articles on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) now being used in the legal system. How this new technology is impacting our laws, and our rights. In addition, a reading from the book Future Crimes, and how we can prepare ourselves for these new technological realities.
Show Highlights:
Instances of AI creeping into legal decisions in multiple countries.
How AI ‘hallucinates’ to create cases that never existed.
The “Post Office” scandal.
What can be done avoid the dangers of this new technology.
Providing an ethical groundwork for attorneys to use AI.
The Future of Crime: a book by Marc ...
Criminal Behaviorology
Episode # 59
Title: Remembering Phil Zimbardo: Obedience and Authority in the Stanford Prison Study
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In October of this year (2024) Philip Zimbardo passed at the age 91. After a legendary career in psychology, he is known for a very innovative study at Stanford University. A group of students, who were about to get quite a surprise, were randomly assigned be either guards or prisoners. In this episode we look back at Zimbardo’s life and the surprising outcomes of some of his most controversial research on the dynamics of incarceration.
Show Highlights:
The life and career of one Philip Zimbardo.
The BBC special on the Stanford Prison Study. Zimbardo’s inspiration from the Attica Prison uprising.
Students ...
Criminal Behaviorology
Episode # 57
Title: Halloween Candy Poisoned? Reality and Urban Legend in Halloween Fears
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A reading of two articles on the alleged poisoning of candy. The reality our favorite holiday ritual and fear in the community. Another on a dramatic case of poisoning as extortion out of Japan. Finally, a third article reviews the motivations for urban legends.
Show Highlights:
Fears of poisoned candy
The Tylenol poisonings
The ‘Mystery Man with 21 Faces’ case out of Japan
Motivations for urban tales
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/criminalbehaviorology/episodes/2018-05-06T14_35_56-07_00
I would go on to interview Tony Biglan himself just this year.
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