TY - JOUR T1 - Commentary: Forensic Psychotherapy JF - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law SP - 46 LP - 48 VL - 41 IS - 1 AU - Victor A. Altshul Y1 - 2013/03/01 UR - http://jaapl.org/content/41/1/46.abstract N2 - Yakeley and Adshead present a broad view of the increasing influence of psychodynamically informed thought and practice on the British criminal justice system, adumbrating a model they call forensic psychotherapy. They explore such topics as mitigating factors, influences on recidivism, and psychotherapy with incarcerated inmates. While I am sympathetic with their overall aims, I outline some theoretical and practical difficulties in attempting to wed two very different systems of thought and the limitations that these difficulties impose. ER -