Guest blogger Dr. Debarati Halder, managing director of Centre for Cyber Victim Counselling writes about Mitigation of Revenge Porn by the Adoption of Therapeutic Jurisprudence approaches by the Courts... Revenge porn, whether by children or by adults, has become a growing problem everywhere. Continuous improvement in Digital communication technology (DCT) and internet communication technology (ICT) has helped the … Continue reading Revenge Porn and Therapeutic Jurisprudence
Innovative Justice Responses to Sexual Offending
In this guest blog post the Centre for Innovative Justice (Victoria, Australia) explores the potential of therapeutic jurisprudence and restorative justice approaches to provide innovative justice responses to sexual offending... Despite the concerted efforts of advocates and reformers, our conventional justice system struggles to engage with the reality of sexual offending and its aftermath. Estimates … Continue reading Innovative Justice Responses to Sexual Offending
Problem tenants, Therapeutic Jurisprudence and mainstream housing courts
In this blog Michel Vols discusses his project in which TJ-principles and techniques are used in cases concerning nuisance behaviour that are dealt with by mainstream housing courts in the Netherlands. Quality of life offences and housing related anti-social behavior such as noise nuisance, harassment, hoarding, the cultivation of cannabis and small-scale drug dealing can … Continue reading Problem tenants, Therapeutic Jurisprudence and mainstream housing courts
Linking Criminal Courts with Treatment and Support
Applying a therapeutic justice approach, mainstream criminal courts can explore, and respond to, the causes of crime... One common cause of offending is substance abuse and addiction. In specialist drug courts there is a clear link between the criminal justice process and treatment. In mainstream courts there are many points in the system that can … Continue reading Linking Criminal Courts with Treatment and Support
The Hidden Power of Courts That Heal
Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren blogs about the history and future of therapeutic jurisprudence in the law in the Huffington Post (link here). Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren is a member of the Advisory Group of the International Therapeutic Jurisprudence in the Mainstream Project. Judge Lerner-Wren has been a long time advocate of the rights of people living with mental ill … Continue reading The Hidden Power of Courts That Heal
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