Friday, January 21, 2005

Keep 'closure' out of the courts / Spiked, 20 Jan 2005

http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CA885.htm
Tana Dineen
"Justice shouldn't be about helping victims of crime 'come to terms' with what happened to them. In our present therapeutic culture, we assume that, for victims, putting things behind them, even musty memories from decades ago, is part of some essential psychological healing process. So we believe that, along with financial settlements and counselling, throwing ageing ex-teachers and de-frocked priests in jail is justified because it somehow brings 'closure'."