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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!

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Resolving Indian Residential School abuse claims using therapeutic jurisprudence techniques

Guest blogger Shelley Trevethan, Executive Director, Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat, discusses the use of therapeutic jurisprudence techniques in resolving claims of abuse suffered at Indian Residential Schools in Canada... Legacy of Indian Residential Schools in Canada For more than a century, between the mid-1800s and mid-1900s, the Government of Canada and church entities administered … Continue reading Resolving Indian Residential School abuse claims using therapeutic jurisprudence techniques

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Mental health courts informing mainstream courts

Guest blogger Michelle Edgely considers how mental health courts can inform improvements in mainstream courts for people with mental illnesses.... Mental health courts have been subjected now to decades of research. Collectively, this body of research demonstrates that properly designed and implemented mental health courts can cost-effectively and safely reduce recidivism while improving the health and psychosocial … Continue reading Mental health courts informing mainstream courts

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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

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Conference! Weaving strands in Aotearoa New Zealand

On the 3rd-4th of September 2015, The University of Auckland will host the Fourth International Conference on Therapeutic Jurisprudence Building on the success of three previous forums of this kind held in England (1998), America (2001), and Australia (2006), the 2015 conference will foster an inter-disciplinary and collegial environment to discuss and constructively debate the place of … Continue reading Conference! Weaving strands in Aotearoa New Zealand