Thom Katey, Black Stella
Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Waikato Clinical School, Peter Rothwell Academic Centre, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand.
PhD candidate, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland.
J Law Med. 2018 Apr;25(3):727-740.
This article reports findings from an ethnographic study that explored the meaning of therapeutic in the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment (AODT) Court in New Zealand. Descriptions are provided of the therapeutic framework called ngā whenu raranga/weaving strands that resulted from interviews with court team members (n = 25), courtroom observations (200 hours), and document analysis. This includes the details of four strands; Law, United States Best Practice, Recovery and Lore that compose the framework. We argue that the therapeutic framework is simultaneously a philosophical and practical accomplishment and we provide brief examples of how the four strands are woven together, with each strand shaping the other, as the court team, participants and wider community interact together. The article concludes by considering the implications of the study's findings, focusing on challenges that come with the widening of therapeutic discourse in the AODT Court.
本文报告了一项人种志研究的结果，该研究探讨了新西兰酒精和其他药物治疗（AODT）法庭中“治疗”的含义。文中描述了一种名为ngā whenu raranga/编织脉络的治疗框架，该框架源于对法庭团队成员（n = 25）的访谈、200小时的法庭观察以及文件分析。这包括构成该框架的四个脉络的详细信息；法律、美国最佳实践、康复和传统知识。我们认为，该治疗框架既是一种哲学成就，也是一种实践成就，并且我们提供了简短的示例，说明在法庭团队、参与者和更广泛的社区相互作用时，这四个脉络是如何相互交织、相互影响的。文章最后考虑了该研究结果的影响，重点关注AODT法庭中治疗话语范围扩大所带来的挑战。
