Therapeutic Justice

Therapeutic Justice is an alternative to the traditional criminal process, directed at individuals accused of crimes related to drug use. From the multiplicity of practices involving this mechanism, as well as from structural problems present in several experiments, the present research seeks to build an intertextual concept from what the doctrine and the potential participants understand by this tool. After an extensive bibliographic review, people who could be participants of the program were interviewed, if it was developed in Brazil, from the key elements proposed by NADCP. A semi-structured questionnaire was developed, which was applied to three definitive prisoners, three provisional prisoners and three adolescents in compliance with
The Therapeutic Justice program is not punitive in nature, even when applied after conviction.The program has features of a defensive nature that does not enter into the debate on the relevance of decriminalization of drug use; CRAS and CREAS may be providers of treatment satisfactorily.It is still an open concept, it is a path that is more beneficial than the traditional procedure.
It is concluded that the Therapeutic Justice is a multidisciplinary and non-adversarial program, conducted by the Judiciary, which seeks to offer those accused of drug-related offenses an opportunity to change their behavior, which is able to provide a reduction of damages Individual and, consequently, social, from a structured program of action that offers a plurality of tools to be used by the participants throughout their treatment.It is also concluded that despite the criticisms that can justifiably be directed to the Therapeutic Justice, it meets what they propose, in order to reduce the damage caused by the incidence of Criminal