psychosis. Grounded theory analysis will allow for a theory of offending to be generated for a population of in-patients, showing what concepts contribute to offending and thereby determining the role anger plays in offending in mentally disordered patients. Also the dimensions of anger could be presented, opening further avenues for research and providing further concepts for consideration within anger management programmes. Method Description of Management and Emotion Regulation Programme The Programme is run in a Medium Secure Unit. It is primarily a cognitive behavioural programme based on Novaco’s model of anger. It consists of 17, 2-hour weekly group sessions, and 1-hour weekly individual sessions. Full details are given in Appendix A. Methodological Approach Data for this study was collected from patient’s anger management programme file notes. The data was analysed in detail using grounded theory. The data used was from case notes of sessions relating to the lead up to patients’ index offence, in order to develop theory regarding the factors that influenced their offending. This allowed theory to be developed from participants’ views and opinions, rather than inferring what factors contributed to offending. Participants
psychosis. Grounded theory analysis will allow for a theory of offending to be generated for a population of in-patients, showing what concepts contribute to offending and thereby determining the role anger plays in offending in mentally disordered patients. Also the dimensions of anger could be presented, opening further avenues for research and providing further concepts for consideration within anger management programmes. Method Description of Management and Emotion Regulation Programme The Programme is run in a Medium Secure Unit. It is primarily a cognitive behavioural programme based on Novaco’s model of anger. It consists of 17, 2-hour weekly group sessions, and 1-hour weekly individual sessions. Full details are given in Appendix A. Methodological Approach Data for this study was collected from patient’s anger management programme file notes. The data was analysed in detail using grounded theory. The data used was from case notes of sessions relating to the lead up to patients’ index offence, in order to develop theory regarding the factors that influenced their offending. This allowed theory to be developed from participants’ views and opinions, rather than inferring what factors contributed to offending. Participants