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1
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Who did Ireland compare

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50 prisoners who completed CALM to a control group of 37 who hadn’t.

2
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What did Ireland find from her comparisons

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Offenders who had been part of a CALM programme rated themselves as less angry. 92% showed improvement on at least one measure of anger

3
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What do Irelands findings suggest

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anger management is effective in the short-term. However 8% deteriorated.

4
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What did Trimble et al find about anger management

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feelings and expressions of anger were significantly reduced after 9, 2 hour sessions.

5
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What are offenders in prison considered

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vulnerable individuals

6
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How could offenders being vulnerable individuals effect the ethics of anger management

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May impact their ability to withdraw. However, high drop out rates would suggest this isn’t the case.

7
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What may be another ethical issue for offenders participating in anger management

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Valid consent

8
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Why may valid consent be an issue

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They may ordered by the courts to participate

9
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How may offenders being forced to take part in anger management affect its effectiveness

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effectiveness (just like with all CBT) relies on the motivation of individuals to want to change.

10
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What is one social issue of anger management

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it takes personal responsibility away from the offender

11
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If anger management takes blame away from offender what does it make it

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Deterministic

12
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Why is anger management being deterministic

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does not help to heal the harm created by their violent acts. which restorative justice does do

13
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How much does reoffending cost a year and what does this mean for anger management

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£9.5 billion so even a small amount of change in reoffending will save a lot of money

14
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Generic evaluation for methods of modifying behaviour

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  • Free will/determinism - take responsibility for actions
  • Individual differences - only suitable for some crimes
  • Reductionist - Assumes only anger causes crime and that offenders want to change
  • Cant stop people being angry can just teach people how to deal with it

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