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Second-hand emotion?: exploring the contagion and impact of trauma and distress in the asylum law context

Baillot, Helen; Cowen, Sharon; Munro, Vanessa

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Helen Baillot

Sharon Cowen

Vanessa Munro



Abstract

Applicants' accounts of experiences of fear, trauma, violence, and persecution are central to the process of claiming asylum. These narratives are, at a human level, primed to provoke emotional responses, not only in the narrator but also in those to whom the account is relayed. In this article, we explore the vectors of emotionality that permeate asylum decision-making in the United Kingdom, focusing particularly on the risk faced by the professionals involved of suffering vicarious trauma.

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Baillot, H., Cowen, S., & Munro, V. (2013). Second-hand emotion?: exploring the contagion and impact of trauma and distress in the asylum law context. Journal of Law and Society, 40(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6478.2013.00639.x

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Nov 11, 2013
Deposit Date Apr 14, 2014
Publicly Available Date Apr 14, 2014
Journal Journal of Law and Society
Print ISSN 0263-323X
Electronic ISSN 1467-6478
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 40
Issue 4
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6478.2013.00639.x
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/719552
Publisher URL http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-6478.2013.00639.x/pdf
Additional Information This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: "H. Baillot, S. Cowan and V. E. Munro, Second-hand Emotion? Exploring the Contagion and Impact of Trauma and Distress in the Asylum Law Context, (2013) 40(4) Journal of Law and Society, pp. 509-540" which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-6478.2013.00639.x/pdf. Authors are not required to remove preprints posted prior to acceptance of the submitted version.

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