Guest blogger Dr Jane Donoghue, Director of the Centre for Crime, Law and Justice, discusses her new book Transforming Criminal Justice? Problem-Solving and Court Specialization In my new book Transforming Criminal Justice? Problem-Solving and Court Specialization, I provide a comparative analysis of developments in problem-solving justice in the UK and US and I examine the prospects for ‘mainstreaming’ … Continue reading Transforming Criminal Justice? Mainstreaming problem-solving approaches
Tackling crime the smart way
In Melbourne, Australia in 2014 nearly 300 people gathered to here about responses to criminal offending based in therapeutic jurisprudence principles ... The forum was hosted by the Wheeler Centre for Writing & Ideas and organised by Australian Human Rights Law Centre & Smart Justice. Therapeutic Jurisprudence in the Mainstream Project Advisory Group members Rob Hulls and … Continue reading Tackling crime the smart way
Recent therapeutic jurisprudence papers – Hazardous duty in sex crime litigation & criminal law multitasking
From time to time we will post links t0 articles that examine a range of legal areas through the therapeutic jurisprudence lens... Click on the title to access the full paper Sex Crimes Litigation as Hazardous Duty: Practical Tools for Trauma-Exposed Prosecutors, Defense Counsel, and Paralegals Evan R. Seamone Government of the United States of America - Army … Continue reading Recent therapeutic jurisprudence papers – Hazardous duty in sex crime litigation & criminal law multitasking
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
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
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