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Article: Do anger-management classes do what supporters promise? Do anger- management classes really work?
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- December 10, 2006
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In April, Minh Phu Le completed court-ordered anger-management
classes after he was arrested for slashing a couch with scissors and
then pushing a woman down, scratching her face.
While on probation, he was arrested again last month for
allegedly choking the mother of his 2-year-old daughter, Skyla.
Now the San Jose man stands accused of a third crime -- fatally
poisoning Skyla last week in an act of revenge against her mother.
In many ways, Le represents the paradox of court-mandated anger
counseling.
Do the classes actually reduce anger? Or are the programs viewed
by defendants as merely a way to avoid time behind bars?
Santa Clara County officials in charge of supervising people on ...
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......from strength to strength. Mirfield Anger Management Association was formed with the help...Bill Forde early this year to provide anger management packages free of charge to Yorkshire...educational package. It comprises an anger management play based on the book, a CD of songs...
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