Anger management

• Prison reform trust says that 46% of adults who leave prison convicted another crime within a year(recidivism) and 67% of under 18s
• type of cognitive therapy,CBT
• aims to reduce feelings of anger by teaching new thinking skills
• One of the most common rehab programmes used in prisons and aftercare
• Novaco


  anger management has 2 goals

  • calm down anger and aggression in prisons,prisons are like'angry factories' because how crowded and how many fights there are
  • help prisoners change their ways and stop going back to crime
• Criminals often think irrationally,like having hostile attribution bias
• hostile attribution bias leads to people always seeing the worst in all situations
• aim is to change the way people handles anger and aggression-the situation itself may not be changeable but a person can change the way they think about it,which then changes their behaviour
• Novaco


  3 main goals for anger management programme

  • Cognitive restructuring,becoming more aware and having more control over how you think when angry
  • Regulation of arousal,learning to control the physical feelings of anger
  • Behavioural strategies,like problem-solving skills,knowing when to step back,being assertive
• Stress inoculation model,using stress inoculation training.

  Its like a vaccination against future infections.
• MAIN STEPS OF STRESS INOCULATION MODEL

  Conceptualisation

  In the beginning,clients learn about anger,when its good and when its not.They look at their own anger patterns and find out what makes them angry
• MAIN STEPS OF STRESS INOCULATION MODEL


  Skill acquisition(and rehearsal)

  Clients are taught different skills to manage their anger,like controlling themselves,being more flexible in their thinking and relaxing.Also learn how to communicate better to solve problems without getting angry
• MAIN STEPS OS STRESS INOCULATION MODEL

  Application(and follow through)

  Clients try out these skills in safe situations,like practising how to handle situations that made them angry before.They get feedback from the therapist and other group members.Later use these skills in real life.
• Ireland 


  a 3 day course of 12 one-hour sessions,after 8 weeks they were checked and it was found to be 92% effective
• Trimble et al


  a 9 week programme with 2 hour sessions each day.The programme made a big difference in how much anger the offenders showed