RT Article
T1 Consequences of judging in transitional justice courts
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 61
IS 5
SP 1169
OP 1186
A1 Nyseth Brehm, Hollie
A2 Uggen, Christopher J.
A2 Frizzell, Laura C
A2 Gertz, Evelyn
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1775584771
AB Research has found that participation in transitional justice (TJ) is associated with increased social capital and decreased well-being. This article extends this scholarship by examining how TJ mechanisms affect the social capital and well-being of the people who implement them via interviews with 135 Rwandan gacaca court judges. In terms of well-being, judges discuss pride and confidence yet also highlight stress and trauma. In terms of social capital, many judges are now mediators and local leaders, though numerous judges have also experienced grudges from the families of those they sentenced. These negative consequences were particularly prominent among judges with more authority.
K1 Transitional Justice
K1 Judgeship
K1 Social Capital
K1 Well-being
K1 Genocide
K1 Rwanda
DO 10.1093/bjc/azab008