G543 - Alternatives To Imprisonment - Ireland Flashcards

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Who was in the experimental group?

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50 prisoners who had completed an anger-management course

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Who was in the control group?

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37 prisoners who had been assessed as suitable for such a course but please had not actually completed one

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What type of experiment was used?

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Quasi-experiment

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What type of design was used?

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Independent measures

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What three measures were the groups matched on?

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  • self report questionnaire (53 items, completed by the prisoners)
  • wing behavioural checklist (completed by prison officers rating 29 angry behaviours)
  • responses to a cognitive behavioural interview
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When were the three measures given to the experimental and control groups? What was different about the control group?

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Before and after the anger management programme but the control group had no intervention between measures

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What did the experimental group rate themselves as having lower aggression on after treatment?

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The 53 item anger questionnaire

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What was there a significant reduction in for the experimental group?

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Prison wing- based aggression

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9
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What % of the experimental group showed improvement on at least one measure?

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92%

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10
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What % of the experimental group showed improvement on two measures?

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48%

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What % of the experimental group showed deterioration on both measures?

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8%

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12
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What did Ireland conclude the anger management programme seems to have done?

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Helped prisoners in the short term

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Why could Ireland not see the long-term effects?

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Because there was no reconviction data further down the line

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What is required for the 8% that showed deterioration?

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Further investigation

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What did Ireland aim to assess?

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Whether anger management programmes work with a group of young male offenders

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