Guest blogger Jordan Tutton writes... In early 2016, a young Indigenous Australian man robbed a liquor store in the southern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. He pleaded guilty and asked to be sentenced in a specialist criminal court established to sentence Indigenous Australians. That Court was convened in September 2016 around a comically long Bar … Continue reading What can mainstream courts learn from aboriginal sentencing courts…
Amateur Therapists or Amateur Justice? Why we can’t let fear of progress slow therapeutic jurisprudence reform
I cannot imagine a more dangerous branch than an unrestrained judiciary full of amateur psychiatrists poised to "do good" rather than to apply the law. - Judge Morris Hoffman Some critics of therapeutic jurisprudence argue that when judges adopt a therapeutic role they act beyond both their expertise and beyond their proper functions as judges. … Continue reading Amateur Therapists or Amateur Justice? Why we can’t let fear of progress slow therapeutic jurisprudence reform
Mainstream judges apply therapeutic jurisprudence in a child protection case
Guest bloggers Tali Gal and Dahlia Schilli-Jerichower explore how mainstream judges in a recent Israeli Supreme Court decision applied therapeutic jurisprudence principles by seeking to conduct the process in such a way as to maximise the wellbeing of the parties... A child protection ruling given by the Israeli Supreme Court (Justices A. Rubinstein, A. Fogelman D. Barak-Erez) … Continue reading Mainstream judges apply therapeutic jurisprudence in a child protection case
So What Courtroom Behaviors Promote Perceptions of Fairness?
Today we are reblogging an excellent piece from the Procedural Fairness Blog. Another great blog to follow if you are interested in making legal systems more effective...
The Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) and Therapeutic Jurisprudence
In this blog Kirk Heilbrun, Patricia Griffin, Edward Mulvey, David DeMatteo, and Carol Schubert explore the Sequential Intercept Model, how can it be used and it's relationship with therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ)... There is now pending legislation in the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House involving the diversion of justice-involved individuals with behavioral health disorders from … Continue reading The Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) and Therapeutic Jurisprudence
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