Psychological Jurisprudence: Critical Explorations In Law, Crime, And Society (S U N Y Series in New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies)

Psychological Jurisprudence - Or The Use Of Psychology In The Legal Realm - Relies On Theories And Methods Of Criminal Justice And Mental Health To Make Decisions About Intervention, Policy, And Programming. While The Intentions Behind The Law-psychology Field Are Humane, The Results Often Are Not. This Book Provides A Radical Agenda For Psychological Jurisprudence, One That Relies On The Insights Of Literary Criticism, Psychoanalysis, Feminist Theory, Political Economy Analysis, Postmodernism, And Related Strains Of Critical Thought. Contributors Reveal The Roots Of Psycholegal Logic And Demonstrate How Citizen Justice And Structural Reform Are Displaced By So-called Science And Facts. A Number Of Complex Issues In The Law-psychology Field Are Addressed, Including Forensic Mental Health Decision-making, Parricide, Competency To Stand Trial, Adolescent Identity Development, Penal Punitiveness, And Offender Rehabilitation. In Exploring How The Current Resolution To These And Related Controversies Fail To Promote The Dignity Or Empowerment Of Persons With Mental Illness, This Book Suggests How The Law-psychology Field Can Meaningfully Contribute To Advancing The Goals Of Justice And Humanism In Psycholegal Theory, Research, And Policy.--book Jacket. The Critical Perspective In Law-psychology Research: New Directions In Citizen Justice And Radical Social Change / Bruce A. Arrigo -- Anarchic Insurgencies: The Mythos Of Authority And The Violence Of Mental Health / Christopher R. Williams -- A Critical Perspective On Freud's Theory Of Parricide And Crime In General / Phillip C.h. Shon -- Media Images, Mental Health Law, And Justice: A Constitutive Response To The Competency Of Theodore Kacyznski / Michael P. Arena And Bruce A. Arrigo -- The Diminishing Sanctity Of Youth: Contributions From General And Family Systems Theory / Jeffrey L. Helms And Bruce A. Arrigo -- Recent Perspectives On Penal Punitiveness / Veronique Voruz -- Is Rationalization Good For The Soul: Resisting Responsibilization In Corrections And Courts / Shadd Maruna -- Prospects For Justice At The Law-psychology Divide: An Agenda For Theory, Research, And Practice / Bruce A. Arrigo. Edited By Bruce A. Arrigo. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Psychological jurisprudence—or the use of psychology in the legal realm—relies on theories and methods of criminal justice and mental health to make decisions about intervention, policy, and programming. While the intentions behind the law-psychology field are humane, the results often are not. This book provides a "radical" agenda for psychological jurisprudence, one that relies on the insights of literary criticism, psychoanalysis, feminist theory, political economy analysis, postmodernism, and related strains of critical thought. Contributors reveal the roots of psycholegal logic and demonstrate how citizen justice and structural reform are displaced by so-called science and facts. A number of complex issues in the law-psychology field are addressed, including forensic mental health decision-making, parricide, competency to stand trial, adolescent identity development, penal punitiveness, and offender rehabilitation. In exploring how the current resolution to these and related controversies fail to promote the dignity or empowerment of persons with mental illness, this book suggests how the law-psychology field can meaningfully contribute to advancing the goals of justice and humanism in psycholegal theory, research, and policy. (Source: [State University of New York Press](https://sunypress.edu/Books/P/Psychological-Jurisprudence)) Psychological Jurisprudence......Page 2 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 1. The Critical Perspective in Law-Psychology Research: New Directions in Citizen Justice and Radical Social Change by Bruce A. Arrigo......Page 14 2. Anarchic Insurgencies: The Mythos of Authority and the Violence of Mental Health by Christopher R.Williams......Page 56 3. A Critical Perspective on Freud’s Theory of Parricide and Crime in General by Phillip C. H. Shon......Page 88 4. Media Images, Mental Health Law, and Justice: A Constitutive Response to the “Competency” of Theodore Kaczynski by Michael P. Arena and Bruce A. Arrigo......Page 112 5. The Diminishing Sanctity of Youth: Contributions from General and Family Systems Theory by Jeffrey L. Helms and Bruce A. Arrigo......Page 140 6. Recent Perspectives on Penal Punitiveness by Véronique Voruz......Page 168 7. Is Rationalization Good for the Soul?: Resisting “Responsibilization” in Corrections and the Courts by Shadd Maruna......Page 192 8. Prospects for Justice at the Law-Psychology Divide: An Agenda for Theory, Research, and Practice by Bruce A. Arrigo......Page 214 About the Contributors......Page 244 C......Page 248 I......Page 249 P......Page 250 V......Page 251 Preface The Critical Perspective in Law-Psychology Research: New Directions in Citizen Justice and Radical Social Change, Bruce A. Arrigo1 Anarchic Insurgencies: The Mythos of Authority and the Violence of Mental Health, Christopher R. Williams A Critical Perspective on Freud’s Theory of Parricide and Crime in General, Phillip C. H. Shon Media Images, Mental Health Law, and Justice: A Constitutive Response to the “Competency” of Theodore Kacyznski, Michael P. Arena and Bruce A. Arrigo The Diminishing Sanctity of Youth: Contributions from General and Family Systems Theory, Jeffrey L. Helms and Bruce A. Arrigo Recent Perspectives on Penal Punitiveness, Véronique Voruz Is Rationalization Good for the Soul? Resisting “Responsibilization” in Corrections and the Courts, Shadd Maruna Prospects for Justice at the Law-Psychology Divide: An Agenda for Theory, Research, and Practice, Bruce A. Arrigo About the Contributors Index