behavioral reform
Changing bad habits
Behavioral reform is the process of changing conduct or habits, typically to meet social, institutional, or legal expectations.
The phrase often appears in contexts of criminal justice, where reform means correcting antisocial behavior: The prison claims to focus on behavioral reform rather than punishment.
It can also apply to personal improvement efforts or organizational changes aimed at eliminating problematic patterns.
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- therapyCurative mental treatment
modification · change · redemption · clean slate · second chance · treatment · consequences · accountability · habits · conditioning · positive reinforcement · compliance · community service · progress · counseling · anger management · twelve steps · reward
behavioral reformretribution
Punishment for wrongdoing
punishment · vengeance · retributive justice · incapacitation · warehousing
behavioral reformrecidivism
Habitual return to crime
backsliding · relapse · reoffending · moral decline · deterioration
behavioral reformcoercion
Pressured compliance through threats
punitive measures · corporal punishment · solitary confinement · suppression
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