Stress, trauma, and wellbeing in the legal system
Miller, Monica KContributor
Bornstein, Brian HContributor
New York : Oxford University Press,
2013.
This title presents theory, research, and scholarship from a variety of social scientific disciplines and offers suggestions for those interested in exploring and improving the wellbeing of those who are voluntarily or involuntarily drawn into the legal system.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
This title presents theory, research, and scholarship from a variety of social scientific disciplines and offers suggestions for those interested in exploring and improving the wellbeing of those who are voluntarily or involuntarily drawn into the legal system.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Dec. 20, 2012).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction to stress and wellbeing in the legal system -- Stress, trauma, and wellbeing in the legal system : an overview / Monica K. Miller and Brian H. Bornstein -- Using the law to enhance wellbeing : applying therapeutic jurisprudence in the courtroom / Lorie L. Sicafuse and Brian H. Bornstein -- Victims, witnesses, and other lay participants -- Domestic violence victims' experiences in the legal system / Lisa Goodman and Deborah Epstein -- The legal system experiences of children, families, and professionals who work with them / Vicky Weisz, Sarah J. Beal, and Twila Wingrove -- Child witnesses' experiences of distress in criminal court : sources, consequences, and solutions / Elizabeth Rush, Jodi A. Quas, and Bradley D. McAuliff -- Civil plaintiffs, trauma, and stress in the legal system / Mary White Stewart and Steven M. Wood -- The experiences of older adults in the legal system / Edie Greene and Sheri C. Gibson -- Legal professionals -- Stress and cardiovascular disease in law enforcement / Warren D. Franke and Sandra L. Ramey -- Stressors experienced by state and federal probation officer / Risdon N. Slate and W. Wesley Johnson -- A stressful profession : the experience of attorneys / Krystia Reed and Brian H. Bornstein -- Legal decision makers : judges and jurors -- The experience of jurors : reducing stress and enhancing satisfaction / Monica K. Miller and Brian H. Bornstein -- Judicial stress : a topic in need of research / Jared Chamberlain and James T. Richardson -- Conclusions and future directions -- Stress, trauma, and wellbeing in the legal system : where do we go from here? / Brian H. Bornstein, Gwen Hullman, and Monica K. Miller.
Justice, Administration of
Stress (Psychology)
Therapeutic Jurisprudence
Law - U.S.
Law, Politics & Government
Law - U.S. - General