Direct-care staff are responsible for carrying out behavior-analytic services in a culture that perpetuates systemic racism and other problematic systems that can lead to the mistreatment of clients. Limited data exist on factors that influence the mistreatment of clients, so behavior analysts must look to better studied comparison contexts as a way to identify risk factors. Police brutality is one context where problematic systems are apparent. Therefore, examining variables known to affect police brutality offers one way to identify aspects of direct-care staff’s implementation of behavior-analytic treatment that may harbor similar systems. The purpose of this article is to examine variables associated with police brutality as risk factors for the mistreatment of clients in direct-care settings. The primary risk factors discussed include racial bias, the warrior mentality, a lack of transparency and accountability, and ineffective intervention. This article concludes that the field of behavior analysis needs sensitive data collection methods and systematic evaluation of risk factors to better protect clients from mistreatment.

直属护理人员负责在这种文化中进行行为分析服务，这种文化使系统的种族主义和其他有问题的系统永久存在，从而可能导致对客户的虐待。关于影响客户虐待的因素的数据有限，因此，行为分析师必须寻求对研究比较情况进行更好的研究，以识别风险因素。警察的残暴行为是有问题的系统显而易见的一种情况。因此，检查已知会影响警察暴行的变量提供了一种方法，可以识别直接护理人员实施可能包含类似系统的行为分析治疗的各个方面。本文的目的是研究与警察暴行相关的变量，将其作为直接护理场所中虐待客户的风险因素。讨论的主要风险因素包括种族偏见，战士心态，缺乏透明度和问责制以及无效的干预。本文的结论是，行为分析领域需要敏感的数据收集方法和对风险因素的系统评估，以更好地保护客户免受虐待。