Anger Mangement

Question 1

What is anger management

Answer 1

Helps the offender to control their anger in order to prevent criminal acts

Question 2

3 stages of anger management

Answer 2

Cognitive preparation
- learns what triggers their anger
- involves talking to therapist about past experiences

Skill acquisition
- identify skills needed from the 1st stage and teaches them to offended
- learns relaxation

Application training
- practise skills in role playing using imagined and real situations
- reduce criminal act in the future

Question 3

Strengths

Answer 3

Research
- investigative the effects of anger management of 50 prisoners And control of 37 prisoners who did not go u dear intervention
- found 92% reduction anger levels shows effective

Question 4

Weaknesses

Answer 4

Doesn’t reflect real life situation
- may be able to cope to role play but could revert to their former behaviour in real life situations as emotions are more intense than imagined

Only work when full engagement from prisoners willing to corporate with a therapist

Lack of evidence for long term effect puts offender at risk of. reoffending in the future