Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Forensic psychology:
- Part I Psychological underpinnings
- 1.1 Action system applied to forensic topics
- 1.2 Child and adolescent offending
- 1.3 Developmental perspectives on offending
- 1.4 The evolutionary psychology perspective
- 1.5 Eyewitness memory
- 1.6 Facet meta-theory
- 1.7 Head injury and offending
- 1.8 Investigative decision making
- 1.9 Investigative psychology
- 1.10 Personality theories and offending
- 1.11 Pragmatic psychology
- 1.12 Sexual offenders
- 1.13 Social psychological theories applied to forensic psychology topics
- 1.14 Theories of change
- 1.15 Therapeutic jurisprudence
- 1.16 Violent offending
- Part II Assessments
- Part III Interventions
- Part IV Psychology and criminal behaviour
- Part V Psychology and civil law
- Part VI Special topics
- Part VII Professional practice
- Part VIII Research practice
- Author index
- Subject index
1.15 - Therapeutic jurisprudence
from Part I - Psychological underpinnings
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2010
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Forensic psychology:
- Part I Psychological underpinnings
- 1.1 Action system applied to forensic topics
- 1.2 Child and adolescent offending
- 1.3 Developmental perspectives on offending
- 1.4 The evolutionary psychology perspective
- 1.5 Eyewitness memory
- 1.6 Facet meta-theory
- 1.7 Head injury and offending
- 1.8 Investigative decision making
- 1.9 Investigative psychology
- 1.10 Personality theories and offending
- 1.11 Pragmatic psychology
- 1.12 Sexual offenders
- 1.13 Social psychological theories applied to forensic psychology topics
- 1.14 Theories of change
- 1.15 Therapeutic jurisprudence
- 1.16 Violent offending
- Part II Assessments
- Part III Interventions
- Part IV Psychology and criminal behaviour
- Part V Psychology and civil law
- Part VI Special topics
- Part VII Professional practice
- Part VIII Research practice
- Author index
- Subject index
Summary
Therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) explores the effect of law, legal processes, legal institutions and legal actors upon the wellbeing of those affected by them. Offender rehabilitation is a prominent area of application of TJ. TJ has also filled a gap in legal thought and the law in action. It soon became apparent that TJ was relevant to other areas of the law. Although almost all of the early TJ scholarship originated in the United States, increasingly it is the subject of international development. A promising development is the beginning of TJ writings in various languages. TJ is now beginning to influence the nature and content of courses offered at law schools and judicial training programmes and materials. It has developed rapidly from its roots in mental health law to become an important vehicle for interdisciplinary research into the effect of the law on psychological wellbeing.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology , pp. 126 - 132Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010
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