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Therapeutic Justice

An Overview and a Discussion of Civil Commitment Standards and Procedures

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Mental Health Law

Part of the book series: Perspectives in Law & Psychology ((PILP,volume 4))

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The criminal justice system and related mechanisms of social and legal control are today experiencing a period of marked doctrinal and philosophical tension. Actually, the tension is not new, and the current conflict simply marks the latest phase—with a somewhat modern twist—of the tug-of-war between the “classical criminology” (a blending of Kantian retributive justice and the utilitarianism of Cesare di Beccaria and Jeremy Bentham) and the “deterministic criminology” of Enrico Ferri.

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Wexler, D.B. (1981). Therapeutic Justice. In: Mental Health Law. Perspectives in Law & Psychology, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3827-7_2

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