Justice systems can play a role in improving the wellbeing of individuals and the communities they serve. In a recently published article The International Framework for Court Excellence and Therapeutic Jurisprudence: Creating Excellent Courts and Enhancing Wellbeing authors Elizabeth Richardson, Pauline Spencer and David Wexler discuss two tools that can be used to improve court performance … Continue reading Creating excellent courts
Can feedback drive court improvement?
Marie B. Hagsgård explains how a simple but effective feedback project sought to improve the wellbeing of people coming before the Administrative Court in Karlstad, Sweden... The Administrative Court in Karlstad undertakes assessment of whether forensic psychiatric care under the Forensic Psychiatric Care Act (1991:1129), LRV, should cease or continue. This project involved a judge at … Continue reading Can feedback drive court improvement?
TJ Court Craft Series – Coming Soon!
A new resource for the judiciary Interested in improving your communication in court? Want to know more about therapeutic jurisprudence, problem solving approaches or solution-focused justice? Would you like to know more about how to support offender rehabilitation and motivate behavioural change? Would you like a more rewarding life on the bench? If you answered yes to … Continue reading TJ Court Craft Series – Coming Soon!
Come to the IALMH Therapeutic Jurisprudence Congress – Prague 2017
Come to present or just listen at the International Academy of Law and Mental Health (IALMH) Congress in Prague 9-14th of July, 2017 special track for therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) at the Congress. From past years we know that the TJ tracks and the other interesting panels at the IALMH Congresses, they are informative, interdisciplinary, and energizing for people who … Continue reading Come to the IALMH Therapeutic Jurisprudence Congress – Prague 2017
Sympathy, Empathy, Psychoanalysis and Therapeutic Jurisprudence
Archie Zariski, Professor of Legal Studies, Athabasca University Canada, writes... The prospect of attending the 2015 International Academy of Law and Mental Health Congress in delightful Vienna tempted me to propose a paper exploring connections between Freudian psychoanalysis and therapeutic jurisprudence. It also afforded an opportunity to continue my reflections on the role of sympathy … Continue reading Sympathy, Empathy, Psychoanalysis and Therapeutic Jurisprudence
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