Treatment for offenders: CBT
Anger management: - correct answer - A form of CBT where violent offenders are encouraged to
recognise what triggers their anger.
- Also teaches them techniques to regulate their behaviour
- Prisoners are given immediate modification to prevent them from reoffending
CBT for anger management - correct answer - Assumes that the cause of the offender is anger
- Some situations offenders sees as threatening and stressful which causes them to react aggressively or
violently
- There reaction to the situation acts as a trigger for anger
- Anger is reinforced by offenders feelings of control in that situation
- So anger comes from cognitive or behavioural problems
- Links to freuds idea of negative emotion being locked → then released later
stage 1: Cognitive preparation - correct answer - Offender works with therapist to reflect on situations
that triggered their anger in the past
- Looks at if they could have acted differently
*- Rationalising the event*
- Make them perceive events more rationally
- Someone pushed them at a bar may have been pushed themselves
- Rational thoughts about cheating in a relationship may be due to overthinking
stage 2: Skill acquisition - correct answer - Offenders taught *behavioural techniques* to cope with the
anger, to calm them down
- *Self talk *that promotes calmness (creates control for the individual) → which becomes an automatic
response when practiced regularly
- Looks to control someone's emotions, and not let the emotions control them
- Mindfulness and *meditation* to decrease tension
Anger management: - correct answer - A form of CBT where violent offenders are encouraged to
recognise what triggers their anger.
- Also teaches them techniques to regulate their behaviour
- Prisoners are given immediate modification to prevent them from reoffending
CBT for anger management - correct answer - Assumes that the cause of the offender is anger
- Some situations offenders sees as threatening and stressful which causes them to react aggressively or
violently
- There reaction to the situation acts as a trigger for anger
- Anger is reinforced by offenders feelings of control in that situation
- So anger comes from cognitive or behavioural problems
- Links to freuds idea of negative emotion being locked → then released later
stage 1: Cognitive preparation - correct answer - Offender works with therapist to reflect on situations
that triggered their anger in the past
- Looks at if they could have acted differently
*- Rationalising the event*
- Make them perceive events more rationally
- Someone pushed them at a bar may have been pushed themselves
- Rational thoughts about cheating in a relationship may be due to overthinking
stage 2: Skill acquisition - correct answer - Offenders taught *behavioural techniques* to cope with the
anger, to calm them down
- *Self talk *that promotes calmness (creates control for the individual) → which becomes an automatic
response when practiced regularly
- Looks to control someone's emotions, and not let the emotions control them
- Mindfulness and *meditation* to decrease tension
