In this blog Judge Peggy Hora (Retired) explores the guiding principles of driving while impaired courts and how these principles can also be used to improve the effectiveness of responses in mainstream court settings... Driving while impaired (DWI) by alcohol or other drugs is an international problem. Far too many people lose their lives, are … Continue reading Mainstreaming a TJ approach to Impaired Driving
Mainstream TJ article and legal studies guide now available!
Recently published in the The Alternative Law Journal, "From alternative to the new normal: Therapeutic jurisprudence in the Mainstream" analyses the TJ potential of the existing sentencing law and legal processes in Victoria (Australia) including the potential for judicial supervision during bail, pre-sentence and post sentence. The paper proposes some areas for potential reform including victim/offender restorative justice, justice reinvestment and expansion of court … Continue reading Mainstream TJ article and legal studies guide now available!
New article: TJ in mainstream criminal justice
In the latest edition of The Alternative Law Journal, Victorian Magistrate Pauline Spencer, explores how therapeutic jurisprudence can provide a way of thinking about how to make our laws and legal systems more humane, just and effective. "From alternative to the new normal: Therapeutic jurisprudence in the Mainstream", explores recent developments in therapeutic jurisprudence and, … Continue reading New article: TJ in mainstream criminal justice
Innovative approaches: online resource for judges and others
Guest bloggers Professor Tania Sourdin, Director, Australian Centre for Justice Innovation (ACJI) and Sarah Russell, Researcher and Editor, ACJI introduce ... INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO JUSTICE: THE NEIGHBOURHOOD JUSTICE EXPERIENCE This resource has been designed for: magistrates/judges/judicial officers academics law students and others interested in incorporating community justice, restorative justice, problem-solving and solution-focused approaches, procedural justice, therapeutic jurisprudence … Continue reading Innovative approaches: online resource for judges and others
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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