Therapeutic jurisprudence and victim participation in justice
By: edited by Edna Erez, Michael Kilchling, and Jo-Anne Wemmers
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781594609466
Subjects: Restorative justice; Law; Therapeutic jurisprudence; Psychological aspects
Description: "This book employs principles of therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) to examine how various countries approach victim participation in criminal justice proceedings. It collects papers from a conference in Onati, Spain, that was supported by a grant from the Transcoop Programme of the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation to study the potential impact of TJ approaches on victims. The Onati conference broke important ground by addressing victim welfare and well-being during and after participation in criminal justice proceedings and brought scholars from different disciples and nations together to share their ideas. The resulting collection brings these ideas to a wider audience in the fields of law, legal studies, sociology, psychology and criminology/victimology. The contributors are recognized researchers in their home countries and the collection provides yet another critical and empirical research contribution from a TJ perspective"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Therapeutic jurisprudence and victims of crime / Bruce J. Winick; title: Victim participation reforms in the United States and victim welfare : a therapeutic jurisdiction perspective / Edna Erez, Peter R. Ibarra, and Daniel M. Downs; title: Accessory prosecution in Germany : legislation and implementation / Helmut Kury & Michael Kilchling; title: Victims in the criminal justice system and therapeutic jurisprudence : a Canadian perspective / Jo-Anne Wemmers; title: A proposal for law school victim legal advisor clinics and for the preparation of legal system victim impact statements (lSVIS) / David B. Wexler; title: Victims' rights : procedural and constitutional principles for victim participation in Germany / Susanne Walther; title: Victims on the threshold of more participation in the Austrian criminal justice System. results of a victim survey in the context of an alteration of procedural law / Lyane Sautner und Helmut Hirtenlehner; title: Restorative justice as therapeutic jurisprudence : the case of child victims / Tali Gal and Vered Shidlo-Hezroni; title: Therapeutic jurisprudence, apartheid's victims, and the South African truth and reconciliation / Fran Buntman; title: Victims' needs, well-being, and 'closure' : is revenge therapeutic? / Bas van Stokkom; title: Impact statements / Antony Pemberton & Sandra Reynaers; title: Empowerment through emotion : the use and abuse of victim impact evidence / Carolyn Hoyle.