The privilege and the pressure: judges’ and magistrates’ reflections on the sources and impacts of stress in judicial work
Carly Schrever,
Carol Hulbert,
Tania Sourdin
Abstract:There is growing evidence that judges and magistrates experience both high stress and high satisfaction in their work; however, the subjective experience of judicial stress and the cultural and professional factors shaping that experience remain largely unexamined. This qualitative study builds upon earlier quantitative research with the Australian judiciary, by exploring judges’ and magistrates’ perceptions of the sources and impacts of judicial stress and their ideas for court responses. Thematic analysis of… Show more
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