anger management

anger management

• type of cbt

• focuses on offender with violent behaviour that has become out of control

• in long term: reduces reoffending rate and promotes rehabilitation

attribution bias

• suggests that criminals have a tendency towards irrational ways of thinking

• these negative interpretations lead to increased anger and potential violence

negative interpretations

• anger - emotion

• cognitive - think

• physiological - feel

• behavioural - do

key aims of anger management

to change the way an offender responds to their anger and aggression

novaco

• cognitive restructuring

• regulation of arousal

• behavioural strategies

stress inoculation model

• cognitive preparation

• skill acquisition

• application

cognitive preparation

• offender learns about anger management and analyses their own anger patterns

• identify situations that provoke their own anger

skill acquisition

• offenders taught about various skills to help manage their anger

• cognitive flexibility, relaxation techniques, communication skills

application

offenders apply the skills they have learnt in controlled situations such as through roleplay