RT Article
T1 The Emotional Particulars of Working on Rape Cases: doing Dirty Work, Managing Emotional Dirt and Conceptualizing ‘Tempered Indifference'
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 60
IS 2
SP 343
OP 362
A1 Gunby, Clare
A2 Carline, Anna
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1692880756
AB This paper asks: In what ways are the work of rape barristers dirty, with a particular focus on emotional dirt? What impact do clients' burdensome emotions and affects have on barristers and what mechanisms are used to manage this taint? Based on 39 interviews with advocates from four English cities, we argue that emotional dirt is central to the taint of the role. Barristers must distance themselves from emotional dirt in order to maintain objectivity, yet simultaneously invest in those emotions in order to convince a jury. In these contradictory circumstances, barristers employ what we term ‘tempered indifference', a form of emotional work premised on strategically turning emotions down. However, the subsequent ability to turn them back on remains debatable.
K1 Dirty work
K1 Barrister
K1 Rape
K1 Emotional labour
K1 Affect
K1 tempered indifference
DO 10.1093/bjc/azz054