| Therapeutic jurisprudence and sex offenders: a psycho-legal approach to protection. | |
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PMID: 15560416 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Societal response to sex offenders is marked by uncertainty about whether punishment or treatment should occur. The distinction between punishment, prevention, and protection is useful to determine how best to assess, treat, and manage sex offenders within the criminal justice system. Once convicted, both law and psychology are concerned with sex offenders changing their behavior in order to protect the community. Therapeutic jurisprudence is a legal theory that aims to maximize therapeutic effects of the law and minimize anti-therapeutic consequences of the law. Therapeutic jurisprudence provides a framework to combine legal and psychological processes to balance prevention and protection. Legal and correctional practitioners can work together to address both community protection and offender protection concerns. |
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Authors:
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Astrid Birgden |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Sexual abuse : a journal of research and treatment Volume: 16 ISSN: 1079-0632 ISO Abbreviation: Sex Abuse Publication Date: 2004 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2004-11-24 Completed Date: 2005-02-10 Revised Date: 2005-11-16 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9506704 Medline TA: Sex Abuse Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 351-64 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Cromonology Department, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. astrid99@hotmail.com |
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Community Mental Health Services
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organization & administration* Forensic Psychiatry / standards Humans Recurrence / prevention & control Sex Offenses / legislation & jurisprudence*, prevention & control*, psychology Social Work, Psychiatric / organization & administration* Socialization Victoria |
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