Q5

• Most people believe that punishment is the best way to reduce bad behaviour, yet the statistics don't support this
• The Prison Reform Trust reports that 46% of adults who are imprisoned are reconvicted within one year of release and over 67% under 18-year-olds are reconvicted within a year
• Anger management


  A type of cognitive behavioural therapy that aims to help individuals use productive methods to manage their anger, instead of demonstrating their anger in criminalistic ways
• Anger management programmes


  • Successful in reducing anger
  • 75% improvement rates (Taylor and Novaco)
• Anger management programmes


  • Effective treatment for criminal behaviour
  • Can benefit offenders by helping them manage their emotions to keep them from the criminal justice system
  • Ensure others around them are at less risk
• Anger management can be viewed as an effective method of modifying criminal behaviour
• There are several anger management programmes that are structured in varied ways and can therefore be adapted to be most effective with the criminal behaviour being modified
• Q5. evaluate anger management as a method of modifying criminal behaviour (10)