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Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2024 May 6;31(3):500-522. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2024.2339323. eCollection 2024.
ABSTRACT
The term ‘vicarious trauma’ refers to a range of cumulative and harmful effects from exposure to the trauma of others and is now recognised as a category of causation in the diagnostic criteria of post-traumatic stress disorder. Legal practitioners may be exposed to the risk of harm from vicarious trauma in a number of occupational contexts. This article reviews recent case authority, including a 2023 prosecution of Court Services Victoria for failing to provide a safe workplace in the Coroners Court of Victoria and the High Court decision in Kozarov v Victoria (2022) and the Victoria Court of Appeal decision in Bersee v Victoria (2022). It considers measures that should be taken to provide a workplace for both legal practitioners and judicial officers that is as safe and without risks to health as is reasonably practicable.
PMID:38899325 | PMC:PMC11185848 | DOI:10.1080/13218719.2024.2339323
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