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Frage | Antworten |
What punishments can be used? | imprisonment, suspended sentence, probation, community service, fine |
Why is imprisonment often used? | protect the public and the ultimate deterrant |
disadvantage of imprisonment? | costly for the state |
What can be done in prisons to aid rehabilitation? | treatment programmes |
Why treat offenders? | Beneficial to the state if they stop reoffending - can get a job and put money into economy. Prevent more crime. Beneficial to the individual - may prevent suicide/ be happier. Protect rest of society. |
Anger management programmes are based on the idea that... | anger is a primary cause of violent criminal acts - once controlled, rates of recidivism will decrease |
What is the first stage? | Cognitive Preparation - careful analysis of anger patterns allows the individual to identify triggers |
What is the second stage | Skill acquisition - the teaching of techniques to use when the triggers for anger come. Could include self-awareness that an anger-provoking situation is developing, self-talk to stop the aggressive reaction, relaxation training |
What is the third stage? | Application practice - creation of stressful situations that provoke anger so that the newly learned techniques can be applied - this is then an assessment of how the individual handles themselves |
What year was Law? | 1997 |
What did they report? | that only one individual who completed an 8 week course showed any improvement (refutes) |
What year was Hunter? | 1993 |
What did they report? | considerable improvements in specific areas such as a reduction in impulsiveness, depression and interpersonal problems (supports) |
What year was Ireland? | 2000 |
What did they find? | an experimental group who had completed the programme showed significantly less angry behaviours and scored lower on self-reported angry behaviours than a control group (supports - however self-report can be biased) |
What is a weakness of anger management? | can only be applied to hostile aggression not controlled instrumental aggression (reductionist) |
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