Remorse and Reparation

Familiar though they are in literature, religion and philosophy, the phenomena of remorse and reparation are rarely explored in either the theory or practice of forensic psychotherapy. This book begins to address those omissions, dealing with clinical and legal questions and ranging widely over political, philosophical, sociological and artistic perspectives...Remorse and Reparation is very much the expression of Murray Cox's particular, and unique, talent. He would have been proud of this, his last book, even though he did not live long enough to supervise its publication. Murray has brought together authors from different disciplines to convey a myriad of views. Although occasionally contradictory, the impacts of original insights presented from several different perspectives can be stunning. This book will be a valuable addition to the literature of any forensic institution.' -- British Journal of Psychiatry This is a book all magistrates, probation officers and QPMs should read. It consists of 15 short and mostly readable essays, looking at a little-considered aspect of human experience from medical, legal, sociological and philosophical points of view. The case studies quoted are very much to the point ... Two essays particularly impressed me. David Tidmarsh, now of the Parole Board, was formerly on the staff of Broadmoor Hospital. He draws attention to the lack of reference to remorse in the Board's remit, which is concerned only with risk ... John Harding of the Inner London Probation Service quotes examples, including two well-known ones from Barlinnie, where moral reformation has occurred.' -- Newsletter of Quakers in Criminal Justice

Murray Cox M.A.F.R.C.Psych.M.Inst.G.A.(Hon) was Consultant Psychotherapist at Broadmoor Hospital from 1970 to 1997. He edited Shakespeare Comes to Broadmoor and Forensic Psychotherapy: Crime Psychodynamics and the Offender Patient (jointly with Christopher Cordess) and wrote Shakespeare as Prompter and Mutative Metaphors in Psychotherapy with Alice Theilgaard, all published by Jessica Kingsley.

Foreword, Jessica Kingsley. Remorse and Reparation: `To Double Business Bound' Dr Murray Cox. Section 1. Clinical Perspectives. 1. Reflections on Remorse in Forensic Psychiatry Dr Andrew S. Horne, Broadmoor Hospital. 2. The Aginbite of Inwit, or, The Varieties of Moral Experience Dr James Gilligan, Harvard University. 3. Necessary but not Sufficient: the Personal View of a Psychiatric Member of the Parole Board Dr David Tidmarsh, Parole Board. 4. Psychoanalytic Aspects of Remorse and Reparation Cleo van Velsen, Analyst. 5. A Defective Capacity to Feel Sorrow: Interferences to the Development of Remorse and Reparation Dr Leslie Sohn, The Maudsley Hospital. 6. Feelings of Guilt and the Attribution of Blame for Criminal Acts Dr Gisli Gudjonsson, Institute of Psychiatry. 7. Remorse for Being: Through the Lens of Learning Disability Professor Sheila Hollins, St George's Hospital Medical School. Section 2. Legal Perspectives. 1. Remorse and Rehabilitation John Harding, Inner London Probation Service. 2. Remorse and Reparation - a Judicial Perspective His Honour Henry Palmer. Section 3. Remorse and Reparation from Other Perspectives. 1. Remorse and Reparation: a Philosophical Analysis Dr Alan Thomas, King's College London. 2. The Most Dreadful Sentiment: a Sociological Commentary Baroness Cox and Dr Michael Borgeaud, University of North London. 3. Un-doing: Social Suffering and the Politics of Remorse Professor Nancy Scheper-Hughes, University of California. 4. Representations of Remorse and Reparation in Classical Greece Dr Douglas Cairns, University of Leeds. 5. Cases of Conscience in the Universe of Shakespeare's Plays: `Abhorring of Himselfe is a Recovering of Himselfe' Professor John Wilks, Okayama University. 6. Kierkegaard and Remorse: Remorse as an Existentialist Concern Alice Theilgaard and Bjarne Jacobsen, University of Copenhagen. Bibliogaphy.