cbt treatment for offenders

Question 1

how does cbt work in criminal psych

Answer 1

emphasis of therapy to change thoughts and behaviour that needs to be controlled

Question 2

what is required before the start of the cbt

Answer 2

at the start of each session each person will nedd to ‘check-in’ wich is where they briefly describe how they feel they describe their day or talk about their progress with the rest of the group

Question 3

what are the three stages of cbt in crim

Answer 3

cognative preperation
skill acquisition
application practice

Question 4

what is cognative preperation

Answer 4

the individual is asked to think about their own patterns of anger and to think about the effects of their anger.
they will be asked to keep an anger diary

Question 5

what is skill aquasition

Answer 5

giving offenders skills so they can controll their anger
e.g using relaxation techniques, or rehearsing thoughts about controlling behaviour

Question 6

what is application practice

Answer 6

the individual is encouraged to practive their skills through role play

Question 7

what is the chosen cbt for offenders

Answer 7

anger management program (AMP)

Question 8

what is a strength of amp

Answer 8

supporting evidance from irland

Question 9

what did irland find

Answer 9

looked at 50 young offenders and used self-rapport data they found a reduction in anger they felt after program - 92% showed improvement

Question 10

what does irlands supporting research mean

Answer 10

t/f irlands evidance shows that amp derived from cbt can reduce anger

Question 11

what is a strength of amp

Answer 11

supporting research research

Question 12

who’s research can support amp

Answer 12

law

Question 13

what did law find

Answer 13

evaluated 4 anger managment programmes and found prisoners were able to control their anger to a greater extent after the programm

Question 14

how does laws evidance then suppport amp

Answer 14

t/f laws evidnace shows how amp can contribute to offenders being able to control their anger due to amp thus increasing the validity of amp

Question 15

how can law be critisied

Answer 15

however law found that after 8 sessions only 1 individual showed any improvement

Question 16

what does laws critising research then mean for amp

Answer 16

t/f reducing the validity of amp

Question 17

what is anouther weakness of amp

Answer 17

cannot treat all offenders

Question 18

why can’t amp treat all offernders

Answer 18

amp cannot help offenders who have commited crimes that are not fueled by anger such as shoplitfitng or crimes of passion of psychotic tendancies

Question 19

what does this mean if amp cannot treat all offenders

Answer 19

t/f amp treatment is not a holistic example of cbt treatment and only treats offenders with anger issues

Question 20

what is a strenght of amp

Answer 20

gives offenders skills for life

Question 21

how does amp give offenders skills for life

Answer 21

amp provides offenders with skills they can use fore the rest of their life to help controll their anger such as deep relaxation.

Question 22

how does obtaining these skills for life support amp

Answer 22

t/f by having these skills for life it prepares offenders for when they re-intergrate into society and prepares them allowing them to not be a threat to other individuals

Question 23

what is a weakness of amp

Answer 23

reductionist

Question 24

how is amp reductionist

Answer 24

amp only works of the principles of nurture and doesn’t adress nature principles such as an imbalnce in hormones that can attribute to criminal behaviour

Question 25

what does this being reductionist mean for amp

Answer 25

t/f this isn’t a holistic treatment for anger within criminals and so is a reductionist treatment for offenders and so may not be effective