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1 Int'l J. Therapeutic Juris. 367 (2016)
Guiding Court Conversation along Pathways Conductive to Rehabilitation: Integrating Procedural Justice and Therapeutic Jurisprudence

handle is hein.journals/ijtherju1 and id is 379 raw text is: GUIDING COURT CONVERSATION ALONG PATHWAYS CONDUCTIVE TO REHABILITATION: INTEGRATING PROCEDURAL JUSTICE AND THERAPEUTIC JURISPRUDENCE David B. Wexler* In a recent article, Kimberly Kaiser and Kristy Holtfreter, of Arizona State University's School of Criminology and Crim- inal Justice, use procedural justice (PJ) and therapeutic juris- prudence (TJ) to present an integrated theory of specialized court programs (such as drug treatment courts, mental health courts, veterans, reentry, and domestic violence courts).' Their article is likely to make many contributions to the overall field, and surely they will kindle interest in the very relationship be- tween TJ and PJ. The conceptual connection between the two is the principal focus of this essay-and, as we will see in the next few sentences, my task is in this respect an exceedingly simple one. The authors properly note that, in TJ, the emphasis is on understanding the impact and consequences of the law, legal process, and legal actors on the well-being of persons affected by the law,2 and that a primary goal of TJ is to apply and in- corporate insights and findings from the psychology, criminol- ogy, and social work literature to the legal system.3 TJ, in other words, looks to those other disciplines for nour- ishment and growth. They are the vineyards from which we * Professor of Law and Director, International Network on Therapeutic Jurisprudence, University of Puerto Rico; Distinguished Research Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Arizona. The author is best contacted by email at davidBwexler@yahoo.com 1 Kimberly A. Kaiser & Kristy Holtfreter, An Integrated Theory ofSpe- cialized Court Programs : Using Procedural Justice and Therapeutic Juris- prudence to Promote Offender Compliance and Rehabilitation, Criminal Jus- tice and Behavior (October 8, 2015). 2 Id. 3 Id.

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