3.1.4 Method 2: Anger Management

Question 1

why is prison necessary?

Answer 1

• It protects the public and offers criminals a second chance
• Reduces rate of recidivism- imprisonment is often paried with a treatment programme

Question 2

what is Anger Management (AM)

Answer 2

• Attempts to change the way a person thinks
• Form of CBT
• Cognitive approach- behaviour is influenced by our internal mental processes and humans work like computers
• Aims to change the irrational thought process to become more rational

Question 3

Novaco (2013)

Answer 3

• beleives prisons = ‘Efficient anger factories’
• Being imprisoned increased anger expression

Question 4

Novaco (2013) reason for beleifs

Answer 4

1. Overcrowded prisons
2. Other prisoners tend to be violent
3. Prisoners feel the need to act tough

Question 5

Irrational thinking (IT) and example

Answer 5

IT patterns can often explain why they committed an aggressive crime

e.g Yochelson and Samenow -
Found 52 different thinking errors

Question 6

Hostile Attribution Bias

Answer 6

A hostile attribution bias is when an individual explains somebody else’s behaviour in a negative manner, always thinking the worst

Question 7

short term and long term aim of AM

Answer 7

Short term: reduce aggression in prisons
Long term: to rehabilitate offenders and reduce rates of recidivism

Question 8

how does AM work?

Answer 8

Cognitive restructuring
> Gaining greater self- awareness and control over thought, making irrational, more rational

Regulation of arousal
> Learning how to control physiological state (relieving tension)

Behavioural strategies
> Learning problem-solving skills

Question 9

what are Novaco’s 3 phases of therapy

Answer 9

1. Conceptualisation (form a concept/idea of
   something)
2. Skill acquisition (and rehearsal)
3. Application (and follow through)

Question 10

phase 1: conceptulisation

Answer 10

• Clients learn about adaptive and non adaptive
  anger generally
• Analyse own patterns of anger

Question 11

phase 2: skill aquisition

Answer 11

• Clients are taught various skills (self - regulation,
  cognitive flexibility and relaxation)
• Taught better communication/social skills
  > can resolve conflict

Question 12

phase 3: application

Answer 12

• Clients apply the skills initially in controlled and
  non - threatening situations
• Receive extensive feedback from the therapist - - Clients later try in real life applications