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"With the disruption to your family life, it's more a vocation than a job": favours and family in the forensic nurse examination of sexual assault survivors

"With the disruption to your family life, it's more a vocation than a job": favours and family in the forensic nurse examination of sexual assault survivors
"With the disruption to your family life, it's more a vocation than a job": favours and family in the forensic nurse examination of sexual assault survivors
For those involved in the management of the forensic intervention following a rape assault, the attendance of a survivor is unpredictable. Rotas are produced to attempt control; however, as the forensic intervention is an example of bodywork (determined by body time), it necessarily poses a challenge to clock time. To solve this dilemma, nurses offer “favours” (Lara Cohen 2010) to colleagues in the form of flexibility over shifts. Nurses are also flexible with the end of their shifts in order to provide survivors with a sense of control over their bodies. While these favours necessarily problematise nurses’ non-work commitments, it is exactly these familial/maternal responsibilities which provide them with the empathy and caring skills necessary to carry out their work. Based upon a qualitative, international comparative study, this paper will explore the favours nurses offer and the complex ways they manage the relationship between their family responsibilities and forensic work.
1918-7173
109-118
Rees, Gethin
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Rees, Gethin
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Rees, Gethin (2012) "With the disruption to your family life, it's more a vocation than a job": favours and family in the forensic nurse examination of sexual assault survivors. Review of European Studies, 4 (5), 109-118. (doi:10.5539/res.v4n5p109).

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For those involved in the management of the forensic intervention following a rape assault, the attendance of a survivor is unpredictable. Rotas are produced to attempt control; however, as the forensic intervention is an example of bodywork (determined by body time), it necessarily poses a challenge to clock time. To solve this dilemma, nurses offer “favours” (Lara Cohen 2010) to colleagues in the form of flexibility over shifts. Nurses are also flexible with the end of their shifts in order to provide survivors with a sense of control over their bodies. While these favours necessarily problematise nurses’ non-work commitments, it is exactly these familial/maternal responsibilities which provide them with the empathy and caring skills necessary to carry out their work. Based upon a qualitative, international comparative study, this paper will explore the favours nurses offer and the complex ways they manage the relationship between their family responsibilities and forensic work.

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Published date: December 2012
Additional Information: Funded by ESRC: the role and work of forensic nurses in sexual assault cases: An International Comparative Approach (RES-000-22-4084)
Organisations: Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

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Local EPrints ID: 344754
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/344754
ISSN: 1918-7173
PURE UUID: e2f57c1e-8542-4c0b-a87e-2b6afdc1dd21

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Date deposited: 01 Nov 2012 11:32
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 12:17

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Author: Gethin Rees

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