The paper examines the effect of two types of prompts in eliciting a zero- or low-probability behavior in three Chicano gang members. A general prompt was ineffective, but subject-specific prompts elicited the target behavior (chain of responses terminating in the publication of writing and art work in a community newsletter). (NQA)

Results of a behavioral-ecological analysis used to diagnose various community behaviors contributing to Chicano gang delinquency suggested a number of feasible community-based interventions for treatment and prevention. The study also accomplished a replication and extension of similar earlier work performed in a different environment with…