Anger management programmes are cognitive-behavioural in nature and designed to help people learn how to control their anger. In the context of prisons, the assumption is that many crimes occur as a result of anger and therefore, anger management should help prisoners restrain themselves from carrying out crimes in the future. The national anger management package (NAMP) isonesuch example of an anger management programme that can be used in prisons. The aim of the NAMP is to help prisoners recognise some of the causes of their anger, monitor and learn how to control it through techniques such as group work, role-play and keeping an anger diary.