‘Holistic’ Criminal Defense Gains Footing in Bay Area

Rebecca Ruiz 3/28/1412:00 PM

California is no stranger to holistic medicine, holistic massage or holistic music (think soothing nature sounds). There's even a pet store in Berkeley called the Holistic Hound.

Now comes a new twist on the notion -- holistic criminal defense. Touchy-feely as it may sound, none other than the U.S. Department of Justice is supporting efforts to spread the approach nationwide, including to enthusiastic Bay Area public defenders.

Born partly out of a conference in the late 1990s at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, holistic defense in its most elaborate form uses teams of criminal, civil and family defense lawyers, social workers, parent advocates, investigators and community organizers to address the needs -- legal and otherwise -- of defendants who can't afford their own lawyers.

http://jjie.org/holistic-criminal-defense-gains-footing-in-bay-area/106568/

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