4.1

Question 1

Psychoanalysis

Answer 1

Freud used hypnosis and free association to access the unconscious mind where he would then show the offender a word and the offender would say the first word that comes to mind

Question 2

Is psychoanalysis effective

Answer 2

Eysenk found that only 44% of psychoanalysis patients treated showed improvement

Question 3

Cost

Answer 3

Psychoanalysis is costly and time consuming, so ir have never been used on a large scale

Question 4

Abuse

Answer 4

The treatment gives the analysts the power to define what is normal/abnormal, for example freud believed that homosexuality was abnormal so this gives rise to abuse

Question 5

Token economy

Answer 5

Works on the principal of operant learning theory, when an offendee does a positive behaviour they get a token which can be exchanged for a reward

Question 6

Is the token economy effective

Answer 6

Once the reinforcements stop the good behaviour tends to stop as well

Question 7

Aversion Therapy

Answer 7

Offenders are asked to think about an unacceptable sexual fantasy until they are arroused then a strongly aversive stimulus is administered, this is repeated until the thought is associated with the aversion

Question 8

Is aversion therapy effective

Answer 8

Usually only short term success

Question 9

Cognitive behavioural therapy

Answer 9

Think first - One to one sessions that aim to control there thoughts by teaching consequential thinking
Agressionn replacement training - moral reasoning training

Question 10

Is CBT effective

Answer 10

Thinking skills improved, however behaviour did not