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The ‘Soul Crushing’ Job: Emotional labor and Secondary Trauma in Prosecuting Sexual Assault Cases

This workshop provides an overview of compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, and vicarious trauma as it relates to victim service providers including prosecutors. Participants will learn about key findings relating to research on prosecutors' experiences with secondary trauma and emotional labor in working sex crimes. The presentation will also include strategies to mitigate secondary trauma from an individual and organizational standpoint.