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Examining the work of psychologists in correctional settings

By Douglas A. Berman

Now up on SSRN is this new article titled "'Where the Home in the Valley Meets the Damp Dirty Prison': A Human Rights Perspective on Therapeutic Jurisprudence and the Role of Forensic Psychologists in Correctional Settings."  Here is the abstract: The roles of forensic psychologists in coerced environments such as corrections include that of treatment provider (for the offender) and that of organizational consultant (for the community).  This dual role raises ethical issues in the balance between offender and community rights, an imbalance results in the violation of human rights.  A timely reminder of a slippery ethical slope that can arise is the failure of the American Psychological Association to manage this balance regarding interrogation and torture of detainees under the Bush administration...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 30, 2009 (boomark / email).