Dealing With Offending Behaviour: Anger Management Flashcards
What is anger management
A form of cognitive behavioural therapy specific to changing the way a person manages their anger
Identify 2 aims of anger management for prisoners
- short term aim of reducing anger and aggression
- long term aim of rehabilitation and reducing costs and risk of reoffending
What approach is anger management
Cognitive
Cognitive therapy accepts the situation but recognises…
The situation may not be changeable but a person can change the way they think and change their behaviour
Novaco 2013 describes prisoners as
Efficient anger factories due to social climate
E,g overcrowding in prisons
Novaco 2013 identified 3 key aims of anger management programmes..
1- cognitive restructuring
2- regulation of arousal
3- behavioural strategies
Novaco 2013
Therapy generally conducted inside prison or outside
What are the three key steps
1- cognitive preparation ( learning how it can be adaptive and non adaptive)
2-Skill acquisition ( being taught various skills to manage anger- self relaxation)
3- application training ( clients apply these skills e.g role play of modern day life)
Timothy Trimble’s reported
Anger management programmes with offends in probation in Northern Ireland who attended anger management during this time
Trimble research found
There was 9 weekly sessions and the session reduced their expression of anger and the amount of anger experienced compared to pre treatment scores
Evaluation- Taylor and Novaco reported
Supported anger management programmes are successful as 75% improvement rates
Evaluation Ladenberger and lipsey analysed studys using
Cognitive based therapy with offenders
20 of which used anger control management
Finding anger control element was significantly related to amount of improvements
Evaluation- Howells
Meta analysis of studies showing only moderate benefits of anger management programmes
