Anger management - AO3

Question 1

What is a PECS of anger management?

Answer 1

• P: Strength = longer-lasting benefits
• E: Anger management addresses cognitive processes unlike TES; more focused on intial cause of behaviour
• C: Balckburn suggested follow up studies show little evidence of reduction in recidivism in long term
• S: Anger management may ot reduce long term offending

Question 2

What is a limitation of anger management?

individual differences

Answer 2

• P: Limitation = individual differences
• E: Howells et al. Australian offenders PPs in anger management programme had little impact compared to control
• E: Significant progress only with intense levels of anger before progamme and motivation to change
• L: Anger management may only be benefical for some

Question 3

What is another limitation of anger management?

expensive

Answer 3

• P: Limitation = expensive
• E: Expensive to run because tehy require highly trained specialists used to dealing behaviour
• E: Requires commitment from offender to engage in role plays; change takes time, prisons unable to afford lengthy treatment
• L: So anger management programmes uneconomical or impractical in most prisons

Question 4

What is a third limitation point of anger management?

Answer 4

• P: Limitation = no causal link between anger and offending
• E: Loza and Loza-Fanous: no anger differences between “violent” and “noon-violent” offender
• E: Added that anger management programmes give offenders justififcation for their behaviour
• L: If anger is not feature of offedning, management programmes may be unnessecary and unhelpful