The Fallacy of Reducing Rape and Violent Recidivism by Treating Anger

Loza, Wagdy; Loza-Fanous, Amel

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“…The results of this study examine the relationship of anger and criminal behavior in a more direct manner than did previous work (Loza & LozaFanous, 1999a, 1999b, but the conclusion remains the same: There is no evidence from this study that anger can predict criminal recidivism. Notwithstanding this finding, limitations of this study may serve to underestimate the relationship of anger and community-based criminal reoffending.…”

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Anger as a Predictor of Institutional Misconduct and Recidivism in a Sample of Violent Offenders

Mills

Kroner²

2003

J Interpers Violence

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This study investigated the relationship of self-report anger measures that measured anger within the context of interpersonal conflict or the outward expression of anger with criminal history, institutional misconduct, and recidivism. An incarcerated sample of 102 violent male offenders participated in the study. Self-reported anger was not associated with prior convictions and incarcerations. Selective scales were associated with minor institutional misconduct, but these relationships did not remain once impression management was accounted for. There was no relationship between anger and postrelease performance. Implications regarding the prediction of institutional misconduct and recidivism are discussed.

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Anger as a Predictor of Institutional Misconduct and Recidivism in a Sample of Violent Offenders

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Kroner²

2003

J Interpers Violence

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“…Archer (2004) found no difference in the experience of anger between men and women, and concluded that anger did not account for observed gender differences in rates of violence. Loza and Loza-Fanous (1999) found no differences in anger when comparing violent and non-violent rapists and non-rapist offenders; despite this, the vast majority of rapists and violent offenders had been referred for anger management. Thus the challenges to anger management are twofold -it may not only be ineffective for violent offenders, but also irrelevant.…”

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“…Questions have been raised about the relevance of anger management for violence and reoffending (Mills & Kroner, 2006;Loza & Loza-Fanous, 1999) and the appropriateness of simple short-term group interventions for complex, severe, and long-standing problems. These questions lead to the model and treatment for violence presented here.…”

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Cognitive therapy for violence: reaching the parts that anger management doesn't reach

Walker

Bright

2009

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology

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In forensic clinical settings, the most popular model for working with violence has been anger management, which uses a cognitive behavioural approach to explain how stimuli may cause anger via a series of information processing biases. There seem to be a variety of cognitions and thinking processes that are either more common or more extreme in individuals who behave violently. Despite concerns about meta-analytic reviews of treatment effectiveness, and reservations about the relevance of anger management for reducing violence and reoffending, its use is widely advocated in prison and secure settings. We have suggested that low self-esteem is central to violence rather than high self-esteem, but that selfesteem may appear high. Combining cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic approaches produces a formulation that can be used for treatment incorporating not only emotional and behavioural work but also reconstruction of core beliefs and dysfunctional assumptions (rules). It is proposed that because important cognitions relating to violence also relate to self-esteem and the protection of (false inflated) low self-esteem in the face of humiliation, any intervention for violence must also account for a fragile inner sense of self-esteem which, it is proposed, has a causal relationship (along with other factors) with violence. The approach presented here includes a number of core therapeutic tasks. A case study is described to demonstrate its application. It offers a structured but flexible and individually tailored approach to working clinically with violence.Anybody can become angry -that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way -that is not within everybody's power and is not easy. (Aristotle, 384-322 B.C.) 1 This article is published as a companion piece to ''False inflated self-esteem and violence: A systematic review and cognitive model'' by Julian S. Walker and Jenifer A. Bright, which was published inIntroduction: Developing a treatment package Designing a single treatment for violence would be like giving analgesia as the sole treatment for chest pain -it may be a suitable treatment for some, but ineffective or inappropriate for others. The unique development and causes of the problem for an individual are central for deciding the best treatment. With violence there are a vast number of possible causative, exacerbating, and ameliorating factors which may act differently in combination with one another. The best and most effective treatment will depend on which of these factors are involved and which are most important in increasing the risk of violence (Bush, 1995). Regardless of the therapeutic perspective of the treating therapist, there is no substitute for a good formulation that takes account of both aetiological and maintaining factors as a guide to intervention. Walker and Bright (2009) offer a formulation based on fragile false inflated self-esteem, and the current paper offers a guide to its clini...

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“…The clinical subscales are: Criminal Te ndencies (antisocial attitudes, beliefs, behaviours, and feelings), Antisocial Personality Problems (characteristics similar to those used to diagnose antisocial personality disorder), Conduct Problems (assesses childhood behavioural problems), Criminal History, Alcohol/Drug Abuse, Anti-Social Associates (the offender's perception of the effect of his associates on his criminal activities), Anger (measures reaction to anger). The Anger subscale is not included in the total score of the SAQ owing to the controversial relationship between anger and recidivism (Loza and Loza-Fanous, 1999a;1999b). The validity sub-scale, designed to predict careless responses or other problems associated with responding to self-report measures, consists of eight items that are included in other sub-scales.…”

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Predictive validity despite social desirability: evidence for the robustness of self‐report among offenders

Mills

Loza

Kroner³

2003

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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The Fallacy of Reducing Rape and Violent Recidivism by Treating Anger

Cited by 41 publications

References 25 publications

Anger as a Predictor of Institutional Misconduct and Recidivism in a Sample of Violent Offenders

Anger as a Predictor of Institutional Misconduct and Recidivism in a Sample of Violent Offenders

Cognitive therapy for violence: reaching the parts that anger management doesn't reach

Predictive validity despite social desirability: evidence for the robustness of self‐report among offenders

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