Therapeutic Jurisprudence
Definition
A framework, developed by David Wexler and Bruce Winick, that studies the psychological effects of law and legal procedure and asks whether procedural choices can be designed to reduce harm without changing substantive rules.
Related terms
- Case Management
- The ongoing coordination of a victim's contacts across agencies, an assigned worker tracks referrals, appointments and follow-up so the victim does not...
- Clinical Victimology
- The applied, treatment-facing branch of victimology that diagnoses and treats a victim's psychological and medical harm, distinguished from general victimology by the...
- One-Stop Crisis Centre
- A single physical site where a victim of violence can access medical examination, police reporting, counselling and legal aid together, reducing the...
- Positive Victimology
- An approach that studies victims' resilience, coping resources and personal growth after crime, in deliberate contrast to a deficit model that frames...
- Victim Assistance NGO
- A non-governmental organisation that provides direct services to crime victims, such as crisis counselling, shelter, legal aid referral, court accompaniment and long-term...
- Psychosocial Support
- Counselling and social support addressing a victim's emotional and practical wellbeing, a core service offered by victim assistance NGOs and one-stop centres.
Explained in these topics
- Victim Assistance and Therapeutic Jurisprudence (UGC-NET Unit X)
- Victim Assistance, NGOs and Therapeutic JurisprudenceA perspective that studies the law itself, its rules, procedures and the roles of legal actors, as a social force that can produce therapeutic or anti-therapeu...