@article{ref1,
title="Can the criminal law ever be therapeutic?",
journal="Behavioral sciences and the law",
year="2000",
author="McGuire, James",
volume="18",
number="4",
pages="413-426",
abstract="This paper addresses the question of whether criminal law, especially in its sentencing and penological aspects, can be adjusted in its workings to incorporate the perspective of therapeutic jurisprudence. A conceptual framework developed by Wexler, Winick, and their colleagues is employed to provide a basis for reflection on the operation and impact of sentencing processes. Of considerable importance in this exercise is a mounting volume of evidence concerning the outcomes of work with adjudicated offenders, which illustrates the potential of psycho-educational, behavioral-cognitive skills-training, and therapeutic programs for reduction of recidivism. Such intervention programs are currently offered within the limits set by, but are not intrinsic components of, judicial decisions. The psycho-legal implications of these findings are discussed and some possibilities surveyed for tentative exploration of actively therapeutic departures within crimino-legal decision-making. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0735-3936",
doi="10.1002/1099-0798(2000)18:4<413::AID-BSL365>3.0.CO;2-H",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1099-0798(2000)18:4<413::AID-BSL365>3.0.CO;2-H"
}