Describe

• Anger management

  1. Rationalise irrational thinking (e.g. hostile attribution bias)

  2. Reduce anger and aggression in prison

  3. Rehabilitate and reduce recidivism in violent prisoners
• Anger management programmes

  • Based on Novaco's model of stress inoculation training (CBT)
  • Conceptualisation (learn about anger)
  • Skill acquisition (self-regulation, cognitive flexibility, relaxation, communication)
  • Application (practice skills in controlled and real-world settings)
• Restorative justice

  A system of criminal justice which focuses on the rehabilitation of the offender through reconciliation with victims and the community
• Restorative justice

  1. Offender gives payment as reparation

  2. Offender writes letter to victim

  3. Interaction between offender and victim(s) (face-to-face or video call)

  4. Offender offered as alternative to prison sentence
• Aims of restorative justice

  • Rehabilitate offenders (victim explains impact, offender understands effects, offers compensation)
  • Help victims (give them a voice, develop understanding of offender)
• For restorative justice to take place, the offender must have admitted to the crime and both victim(s) and offender must be willing to participate
• Restorative justice can be used for any type of crime and at any stage of the criminal justice process, including alongside a prison sentence