Not necessarily. Some research challenges the link between anger and aggression:
Loza & Loza-Fanous (1999) – Found no difference in anger levels between violent and non-violentoffenders in a study of 300 male prisoners.
Suggests that violent offenders may hide or suppress anger, meaning anger isn’t always the root cause of violence.
What is the risk of anger management focusing too much on anger?
Loza & Loza-Fanous (1999) warn that anger management could give offenders an excuse, making them blame "uncontrollable anger" instead of taking personal responsibility for their actions.
Howells et al. (2005) concluded that anger is neither a necessary nor sufficient cause of aggression and crime.
This means that treating anger alone may not be effective in reducing criminal behaviour.
