About the lecture

In this lecture, we think about anger management as a form of rehabilitation, focusing in particular on: (i) Raymond Novaco’s early research, which positioned failures of anger management as a factor in violent offences; (ii) the three stages of cognitive behavioural techniques (CBT) within anger management programmes as recognising feelings of anger, controlling that anger, and resolving conflict positively; (iii) Ainsworth’s (2000) three stages of a typical anger management programme as cognitive preparation, skills acquisition, and application practice.

About the lecturer

Professor Ciarán O’Keeffe is associate professor of education and research and head of the School of Human and Social Sciences at Buckinghamshire New University. Professor O’Keeffe’s research interests include investigative psychology and parapsychology, and has made numerous television and radio appearances alongside an array of celebrities. Some of Professor O’Keeffe’s recent publications include 'Things That Go Bump In The Literature: An Environmental Appraisal of 'Haunted Houses'' (2020) and 'Restorative Justice and Recidivism: Investigating the impact of victim-preference for level of engagement' (2014).