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- Title
Testing Therapeutic Jurisprudence Theory: An Empirical Assessment of the Drug Court Process.
- Authors
Senjo, Scott; Leip, Leslie A.
- Abstract
Drug treatment court provides a distinct forum for the application of therapeutic jurisprudence. The theory of therapeutic jurisprudence is founded on the notion that the legal rules and procedures promote the psychological and physical well being of people. Offenders in drug courts participate in several legal and treatment processes which are collectively aimed at producing positive changes for the offender and hence society. In this article, Broward County, Florida drug court processes such as court monitoring, drug treatment, and drug court procedures are identified and measured to empirically assess the court〙s therapeutic impact on first time, non-violent felony drug offenders. The findings of this research indicate that therapeutic jurisprudence theory does have explanatory power for understanding how the drug court processes positively and negatively impact offender behavior change.
- Subjects
BROWARD County (Fla.); DRUG courts; THERAPEUTIC jurisprudence; DRUGS; CRIMINAL courts
- Publication
Western Criminology Review, 2001, Vol 3, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1096-4886
- Publication type
Article