The Concept of Therapeutical Jurisprudence and Well-Being

Bulatović, Aleksandra and Pavićević, Olivera (2016) The Concept of Therapeutical Jurisprudence and Well-Being. In: Međunarodni naučni skup Krivične i prekršajne sankcije i mere: izricanje, izvršenje i uslovni otpust,Palić, 02-03 jun 2016. Institut za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja, Beograd, pp. 321-330. ISBN 978-86-83287-90-1

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Abstract

Social capital refers to the patterns and qualities of relationships in a community operating from a variety of different sources, including social well–being. The potential for social capital to make a positive contribution to well–being as an outcome of criminal justice is among the priorities of social concern as it is related to capabilities of criminal justice to affect an infrastructure of security around human relationships that are guaranteed by institutions of justice. Constraints related to implementation of traditional criminal justice continually instigate search for more adequate legitimate response to criminal behavior. Therapeutic jurisprudence is a new approach based on the view that the practice of law involves resolution of conflicts between people, and that a legal practitioner, in order to fulfill his or her tasks, must fully understand the social and psychological consequences to the parties concerned entailed by these conflicts as reflected in legal proceedings they are involved with. This article seeks to address some of the therapeutic consequences that law, legal actors and legal decisions could have on both subjective and collective well– being.

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