“the abuser's desire to abuse is not created by the child - it is there before the child appears” — Carolyn Ainscough Copy Share Image
“In all the interviews I have done, I cannot remember one offender who did not admit privately to more victims than those… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The witch-hunt narrative is a really popular story that goes like this: Lots of people were falsely convicted of child sexual abuse… — Ross Cheit Copy Share Image
“When sleep came, I would dream bad dreams. Not the baby and the big man with a cigarette-lighter dream. Another dream. The… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“I should meet many people who do not know anyone personally who has been raped or molested as a child. But I… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“Having DID is, for many people, a very lonely thing. If this book reaches some people whose experiences resonate with mine and… — Cameron West Copy Share Image
“In projecting onto others their own moral sense, therapists sometimes make terrible errors. Child physical abusers are automatically labeled “impulsive," despite extensive… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“defense lawyers are key in promoting the idea that many convicted of child abuse are innocent” — Bethany L. Brand Copy Share Image
“For all this talk about us being a nation at war with child abuse, and for all the media hype about witch-hunts… — Ross Cheit Copy Share Image
“interview from Ross E. Cheit about The Witch-Hunt Narrative: Politics, Psychology, and the Sexual Abuse of Children (Oxford University Press, February 2014).… — Ross Cheit Copy Share Image
“Recently I interviewed a psychopath. This is always a humbling experience because it teaches over and over how much of human motivation… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“Victim-stancing - whereby the offender claims and believes that s/he is the real victim (one of the most prevalent sophistries in the… — Harvey L. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“Malevolence takes a bite out off your spirit. Just sitting with it, just talking with people who consciously and deliberately exploit others,… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“The people who support and defend those accused of child sexual abuse indiscriminately, those who join organizations dedicated to defending people who… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“Janna knew - Rikki knew — and I knew, too — that becoming Dr Cameron West wouldn't make me feel a damn… — Cameron West Copy Share Image
“Increasingly, the girl child is becoming an endangered specie as pedophiles’ continue to roam free in our societies terrorizing the lives of… — Oche Otorkpa Copy Share Image
“Talk of "witch-hunts" conceals an inconvenient fact: men charged with rape stand a better chance of walking free than other defendants. The… — Joan Smith Copy Share Image
“I did not want to lose sight of the fact that for every criminal I have to deal with, no matter how… — Melisa Mel Copy Share Image
“The lack of stringent laws and the inefficient prosecution of perpetrators have made it increasingly difficult for victims and their families to… — Oche Otorkpa Copy Share Image
Over and over victims are blamed for their assaults. And when we imply that victims bring on their own fates - whether… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Oddly then, in our search for meaning, we often assign victims too much blame for their assaults, and offenders too little. Our… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
“TAT: I find I'm still left wanting to know how to tell if my patient has false memory syndrome. What's the test?… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
Once, in a three-day taping that included several sadists, the material was so overwhelming that both the film crew and I got… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The capacity of sex offenders for denial, rationalization, and minimization of their deviant behavior is confirmed by Salter's (1995) finding that the… — Harvey L. Schwartz Copy Share Image
“Mum was pregnant, then there was Sharron. [...] I wanted to keep him away from her - but for the wrong reasons.… — Laurie Matthew Copy Share Image
