The pandemic and the forensic linguistics caseworker's wellbeing

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ID19535587
AutoresRoser Giménez García (0000-0001-5765-6826, Universitat de Barcelona), Roser Giménez, Solly Elstein (University of Birmingham), Sheila Queralt (0000-0002-0641-0727)
Año2021
Volumen27
Número2
Páginas233-254
Fecha de publicación2021-05-21
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Speech Language and the Law (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1748-8885 • E-ISSN: 1748-8893
EditorialUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1558/ijsll.19548
OpenAlexW3164047660
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas16

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries have implemented different measures to control the spread of the disease. Policies like lockdowns can negatively impact citizens’ wellbeing (e.g. Rossi et al. 2020), including professionals working with sensitive data and in legal settings (e.g. Barros et al. 2020). For the first time, this article addresses how this general crisis may have affected forensic linguistics caseworkers’ practices and wellbeing. In November 2020, a fixed-response questionnaire was circulated among the forensic linguistics online community. Results show that the most consequential changes in the caseworkers’ professional practices brought about by the pandemic have to do with their working environment and schedule. Following the discussion of the results, some recommendations regarding caseworkers’ self-care are outlined and discussed. Given the constant changes in policies and the evolution of the pandemic, further surveys and a general discussion concerning practitioners’ wellbeing would benefit this professional community

Criminology · Disease · Forensic science · Pandemic · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology