Calderon, Philip Hermogenes; By the Waters of Babylon; Tate; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/by-the-waters-of-babylon-198092 There are people who dismiss poor responses to abuse in the past as 'it was a long time ago, people didn't know about it then' or 'things were different then.' I thought I would do a series of blogs looking at the history of our... Continue Reading →
In the 1990's there was a lot of press about recovered memories of child sexual abuse (CSA), most suggesting that they were false memories implanted by therapists. I've been researching this area for my thesis and was surprised by what I found. The False Memory Syndrome Foundation was founded by Peter and Pamela Freyd after... Continue Reading →
My first journal article has been published. It's about Victorian child sexual exploitation and can be found here. It's only a short article and there is a lot more to write about Mary Jeffries - which I hope to do in other later articles.
I'm right in the middle of fieldwork at the moment, which means that I am arranging interviews and then actually doing them. The next job is transcribing them, typing out everything that was said, which takes much longer than you'd think! I'm also applying to talk at some conferences and I'm going to submit an... Continue Reading →
I've missed a month out but it only takes a tiny bit of snow here in the UK to send everything, including my life, haywire! I'm catching up with myself now (although more snow is due). I am contacting people who volunteered for interview about ten at a time so I don't become overwhelmed. So... Continue Reading →
Peer abuse has been in the news lately, that is abuse of children by children. The assumption is that abuse by children has risen. I don't know if we can conclude that or not. It may be true but it may also be that we haven't been asking the right questions before. What is or... Continue Reading →
There's been a lot in the news lately about the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) denying compensation to victims of child sexual abuse (CSA) on the grounds that they consented. I wonder how many of these were teenagers because we do really seem to have a problem addressing CSA when teenagers are the victims. There... Continue Reading →
Research into Recovering from Childhood Sexual Abuse 