Showing posts with label Emotions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Emotions. Show all posts
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Saturday, 2 November 2013
Vengeance Is Mine, Sayeth The Victim
1 November 2013
Giving vengeance a voice in court
"A criminal trial should be a cool-headed assessment of evidence, not a chance for victims to vent their distress.
It is hard to remember a reform to the UK’s criminal-justice system which was not geared towards giving victims a ‘voice’ or ‘presence’ in the courtroom. This week, yet another victim-centred reform was announced, one which would allow for victim-impact statements to be read out in court by victims or their relatives. Victim’s minister Dominic Green said that the reforms would ‘give victims a real say in proceedings’."
"A victim’s emotions have no place in the criminal court. While we can, as human beings, acknowledge and pay due deference to the hardship of a criminal trial, particularly for the victims of the crimes under consideration, we must keep the central purpose of this ancient social ritual at the forefront of our minds. We cannot allow a victim-centred approach to justice to turn our courtrooms from the hopefully objective and impartial arbiters of the social will, into the organs of state-sanctioned revenge."
http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/giving_vengeance_a_voice_in_court/14231#.UnUP91OAxCN
Giving vengeance a voice in court
"A criminal trial should be a cool-headed assessment of evidence, not a chance for victims to vent their distress.
It is hard to remember a reform to the UK’s criminal-justice system which was not geared towards giving victims a ‘voice’ or ‘presence’ in the courtroom. This week, yet another victim-centred reform was announced, one which would allow for victim-impact statements to be read out in court by victims or their relatives. Victim’s minister Dominic Green said that the reforms would ‘give victims a real say in proceedings’."
"A victim’s emotions have no place in the criminal court. While we can, as human beings, acknowledge and pay due deference to the hardship of a criminal trial, particularly for the victims of the crimes under consideration, we must keep the central purpose of this ancient social ritual at the forefront of our minds. We cannot allow a victim-centred approach to justice to turn our courtrooms from the hopefully objective and impartial arbiters of the social will, into the organs of state-sanctioned revenge."
http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/giving_vengeance_a_voice_in_court/14231#.UnUP91OAxCN
Thursday, 24 October 2013
Now, That's A Survivor
Thu, Oct 24, 2013, 17:38: First published: Thu, Oct 24, 2013, 17:38
Judge spares sex abuser from jail in line with daughter’s wishes
"Suspended sentence for businessman OH after pleading guilty to indecent assault
Judge Carroll Moran said OH a father of four, was guilty of a breach of trust and the fact he had abused his own child was a further breach of this trust.
A 61-year-old man who subjected his young daughter to years of sexual abuse has avoided a prison sentence after she indicated she did not wish to see him jailed.
Earlier this month, Limerick businessman and former guesthouse owner OH was remanded in custody and warned he would be going to jail after harrowing evidence of the abuse suffered by his young daughter was outlined at Limerick Circuit Court.
Mr H, with an address at Westbury, Co Clare, pleaded guilty to 12 counts of indecent assault of his daughter SR between January 1988 and December 31st, 1990, and a further 20 counts of sexual assault between September 1991 and December 1995.
The offences occurred at the former family homes in Foynes, Kilcornan and Adare in Co Limerick.
Ms R, who waived her right to anonymity, told gardaí the abuse started when she was five years old. She also recalled how she was beaten and chastised by her father for mispronouncing words."
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/judge-spares-sex-abuser-from-jail-in-line-with-daughter-s-wishes-1.1572128
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9 January 2014 Last updated at 12:20 ET
Rape victim meets attacker to forgive him
"Ms Rosenberg said she "could intuitively feel" that she had to meet her attacker
A rape victim has met her attacker in prison to tell him she has forgiven him - and called it a "great" experience to seek "peace and forgiveness together"."
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-25666416
Jan 09, 2014 00:00
Inspirational Katja Rosenberg went from a victim to a survivor when she forgave her rapist
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/alison-phillips-column-katja-rosenberg-3003057
Judge spares sex abuser from jail in line with daughter’s wishes
"Suspended sentence for businessman OH after pleading guilty to indecent assault
Judge Carroll Moran said OH a father of four, was guilty of a breach of trust and the fact he had abused his own child was a further breach of this trust.
A 61-year-old man who subjected his young daughter to years of sexual abuse has avoided a prison sentence after she indicated she did not wish to see him jailed.
Earlier this month, Limerick businessman and former guesthouse owner OH was remanded in custody and warned he would be going to jail after harrowing evidence of the abuse suffered by his young daughter was outlined at Limerick Circuit Court.
Mr H, with an address at Westbury, Co Clare, pleaded guilty to 12 counts of indecent assault of his daughter SR between January 1988 and December 31st, 1990, and a further 20 counts of sexual assault between September 1991 and December 1995.
The offences occurred at the former family homes in Foynes, Kilcornan and Adare in Co Limerick.
Ms R, who waived her right to anonymity, told gardaí the abuse started when she was five years old. She also recalled how she was beaten and chastised by her father for mispronouncing words."
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/judge-spares-sex-abuser-from-jail-in-line-with-daughter-s-wishes-1.1572128
*****
9 January 2014 Last updated at 12:20 ET
Rape victim meets attacker to forgive him
"Ms Rosenberg said she "could intuitively feel" that she had to meet her attacker
A rape victim has met her attacker in prison to tell him she has forgiven him - and called it a "great" experience to seek "peace and forgiveness together"."
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-25666416
Jan 09, 2014 00:00
Inspirational Katja Rosenberg went from a victim to a survivor when she forgave her rapist
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/alison-phillips-column-katja-rosenberg-3003057
Sunday, 13 October 2013
Why Complainants, Victims, 'Survivors', Vigilantes And Profiteers Attack
Understanding the Righteous High of Anger
"I’ll tell you a secret: [the] anger rush is what keeps a lot of people angry…. Some angry people have learned to love and trust anger…. Rage is the old reliable emotion. You can always count on it to get you high."
— Ron Potter-Efron, Angry All the Time - A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes.
"Anger is a curious state. It is a moment of certainty, a moment of being beyond doubt. It’s hard to imagine being actively angry about something and at the same time doubting yourself. Anger and doubt are incompatible. That’s the appeal of anger—at least, for some folks, for those of us who crave certainty and have a hunger to be right. Life is uncertain, and the certainty of anger is like existential catnip—it’s intoxicating within its single-minded decisiveness. Anger often tends to be righteous. I’ve pondered a lot about this property of anger. It has fascinated me for long time. Then, I realized that the righteousness of anger is just that: The experience of being right. And being right—for once!—feels really good. Getting to feel right alleviates our own deep doubts about ourselves. A moment of righteous anger is a rebirth of sorts, a renewal of confidence, a restoration of faith in yourself. And that is intoxicating!"
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/mindful-living/2013/10/understanding-the-righteous-high-of-anger/
*****
Angry All the Time: An Emergency Guide to Anger Control
http://www.amazon.com/Angry-All-Time-Emergency-Control/dp/1572243929
Anger Management Jumpstart: A 4-Session Mindfulness Path to Compassion and Change
http://www.amazon.com/Anger-Management-Jumpstart-Mindfulness-Compassion/dp/1936128527/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380408393&sr=8-1&keywords=somov+anger
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Personality Disorders: Life In a Bubble
"We could call it “Life in a Bubble”, or just as appropriately, “Life Inside-Out.” Either way, being in a relationship with someone who deals with a personality disorder is likely to be difficult. This also holds true for relationships with family members and friends who struggle with personality disorders.
While there are several types of personality disorders, the ones that get the most attention these days are Borderline and Narcissistic Personality Disorders (closely linked with these are Antisocial, Paranoid, and Histrionic Personality Disorders).
Reality to a pathological borderline or narcissist can be similar to living life in a bubble, or inside out. Rather seeking stability, there is a subconscious pull to create chaos. Therefore, the person surrounds his/herself in a bubble of chaos. All who enter this bubble will most likely experience the chaos (usually the people closest to the person)."
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/relationships-balance/2013/10/13/personality-disorders-life-in-a-bubble/
*****
October 16, 2013
A Closer Look at the Psychology of Emotion
http://psychology.about.com/b/2013/10/16/a-closer-look-at-the-psychology-of-emotion.htm
What Are Emotions?
http://psychology.about.com/od/emotion/f/what-are-emotions.htm
The Purpose of Emotions
http://psychology.about.com/od/emotion/tp/purpose-of-emotions.htm
Theories of Emotion
http://psychology.about.com/od/psychologytopics/a/theories-of-emotion.htm
What Is Emotional Intelligence?
http://psychology.about.com/od/personalitydevelopment/a/emotionalintell.htm
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Naiveté of Anger
"Habitually angry folks struggle to accept reality. Not infrequently, when something undesirable happens, they exclaim in frustration, “Seriously?! Really? Are you kidding me?” The message here is, “This can’t be!”
Anger is denial—it’s a “no” in response to what already is the case. To a psychologically savvy outsider, these phase delays in accepting what already is so obviously and irreversibly the case seem comical and naïve."
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/mindful-living/2013/10/naivete-of-anger
*****
10/29/2013 9:27 am EDT
'Chemistry Of Fear' VIDEO Explains Science Behind Brain's Response To Dangerous Situations
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/29/chemistry-fear-video-science-brain-scary_n_4170862.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
*****
2013
True Colors: Research Sheds Light On Body Emotions
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/01/11/true-colors-research-sheds-light-on-body-emotions/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
*****
March 3 at 5:01 PM
The disturbing case of the bloggers who fake death and disease for attention
"The Internet, it turns out, is a kind of paradise for people feigning illness and other tragedy.
Faking illness — or violence — is nothing new. As early as Roman times, physicians complained about lying patients. And in the 19th century, psychologists began talking about something they called “factitious disorder,” a category of mental illness in which the patient fakes being sick (or fakes that a child/relative is sick) without receiving any obvious benefit, like money or sick leave. Women would claim to have had (and lost) multiple pregnancies. Otherwise healthy people would shave their heads and drop weight and groan about how much they hated chemo.
By 1980, the American Psychiatric Association had recognized factitious disorders as an official condition — a chronic condition, unlikely to be cured, and affecting as many as 1 percent of all hospital admittees.
But in the late ‘90s, researchers began to notice something different about “factitious disorders” that played out online. For starters, the psychiatrist Marc Feldman observed in 1998, Internet identities are malleable already, which makes an illness that much easier to fake. And because there are so many online communities devoted to health, such fakers find victims readily. In other words, the Internet profoundly enables factitious disorders — and it makes them much more difficult to discover and treat.
Feldman gave the phenomenon a new name: “Munchausen by Internet.” And in the almost two decades since he identified it, Feldman said the disorder is only growing."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/03/03/the-disturbing-case-of-the-bloggers-who-fake-death-and-disease-for-attention/?tid=sm_tw
"I’ll tell you a secret: [the] anger rush is what keeps a lot of people angry…. Some angry people have learned to love and trust anger…. Rage is the old reliable emotion. You can always count on it to get you high."
— Ron Potter-Efron, Angry All the Time - A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes.
"Anger is a curious state. It is a moment of certainty, a moment of being beyond doubt. It’s hard to imagine being actively angry about something and at the same time doubting yourself. Anger and doubt are incompatible. That’s the appeal of anger—at least, for some folks, for those of us who crave certainty and have a hunger to be right. Life is uncertain, and the certainty of anger is like existential catnip—it’s intoxicating within its single-minded decisiveness. Anger often tends to be righteous. I’ve pondered a lot about this property of anger. It has fascinated me for long time. Then, I realized that the righteousness of anger is just that: The experience of being right. And being right—for once!—feels really good. Getting to feel right alleviates our own deep doubts about ourselves. A moment of righteous anger is a rebirth of sorts, a renewal of confidence, a restoration of faith in yourself. And that is intoxicating!"
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/mindful-living/2013/10/understanding-the-righteous-high-of-anger/
*****
Angry All the Time: An Emergency Guide to Anger Control
http://www.amazon.com/Angry-All-Time-Emergency-Control/dp/1572243929
Anger Management Jumpstart: A 4-Session Mindfulness Path to Compassion and Change
http://www.amazon.com/Anger-Management-Jumpstart-Mindfulness-Compassion/dp/1936128527/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380408393&sr=8-1&keywords=somov+anger
*****
Personality Disorders: Life In a Bubble
"We could call it “Life in a Bubble”, or just as appropriately, “Life Inside-Out.” Either way, being in a relationship with someone who deals with a personality disorder is likely to be difficult. This also holds true for relationships with family members and friends who struggle with personality disorders.
While there are several types of personality disorders, the ones that get the most attention these days are Borderline and Narcissistic Personality Disorders (closely linked with these are Antisocial, Paranoid, and Histrionic Personality Disorders).
Reality to a pathological borderline or narcissist can be similar to living life in a bubble, or inside out. Rather seeking stability, there is a subconscious pull to create chaos. Therefore, the person surrounds his/herself in a bubble of chaos. All who enter this bubble will most likely experience the chaos (usually the people closest to the person)."
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/relationships-balance/2013/10/13/personality-disorders-life-in-a-bubble/
*****
October 16, 2013
A Closer Look at the Psychology of Emotion
http://psychology.about.com/b/2013/10/16/a-closer-look-at-the-psychology-of-emotion.htm
What Are Emotions?
http://psychology.about.com/od/emotion/f/what-are-emotions.htm
The Purpose of Emotions
http://psychology.about.com/od/emotion/tp/purpose-of-emotions.htm
Theories of Emotion
http://psychology.about.com/od/psychologytopics/a/theories-of-emotion.htm
What Is Emotional Intelligence?
http://psychology.about.com/od/personalitydevelopment/a/emotionalintell.htm
*****
Naiveté of Anger
"Habitually angry folks struggle to accept reality. Not infrequently, when something undesirable happens, they exclaim in frustration, “Seriously?! Really? Are you kidding me?” The message here is, “This can’t be!”
Anger is denial—it’s a “no” in response to what already is the case. To a psychologically savvy outsider, these phase delays in accepting what already is so obviously and irreversibly the case seem comical and naïve."
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/mindful-living/2013/10/naivete-of-anger
*****
10/29/2013 9:27 am EDT
'Chemistry Of Fear' VIDEO Explains Science Behind Brain's Response To Dangerous Situations
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/29/chemistry-fear-video-science-brain-scary_n_4170862.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
*****
2013
True Colors: Research Sheds Light On Body Emotions
http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2014/01/11/true-colors-research-sheds-light-on-body-emotions/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
*****
March 3 at 5:01 PM
The disturbing case of the bloggers who fake death and disease for attention
"The Internet, it turns out, is a kind of paradise for people feigning illness and other tragedy.
Faking illness — or violence — is nothing new. As early as Roman times, physicians complained about lying patients. And in the 19th century, psychologists began talking about something they called “factitious disorder,” a category of mental illness in which the patient fakes being sick (or fakes that a child/relative is sick) without receiving any obvious benefit, like money or sick leave. Women would claim to have had (and lost) multiple pregnancies. Otherwise healthy people would shave their heads and drop weight and groan about how much they hated chemo.
By 1980, the American Psychiatric Association had recognized factitious disorders as an official condition — a chronic condition, unlikely to be cured, and affecting as many as 1 percent of all hospital admittees.
But in the late ‘90s, researchers began to notice something different about “factitious disorders” that played out online. For starters, the psychiatrist Marc Feldman observed in 1998, Internet identities are malleable already, which makes an illness that much easier to fake. And because there are so many online communities devoted to health, such fakers find victims readily. In other words, the Internet profoundly enables factitious disorders — and it makes them much more difficult to discover and treat.
Feldman gave the phenomenon a new name: “Munchausen by Internet.” And in the almost two decades since he identified it, Feldman said the disorder is only growing."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/03/03/the-disturbing-case-of-the-bloggers-who-fake-death-and-disease-for-attention/?tid=sm_tw
Thursday, 3 October 2013
Available Research Begs To Differ
Sex Abuse June 2013 vol. 25 no. 3 282-301
Victim Empathy Intervention With Sexual Offenders
"Rehabilitation, Punishment, or Correctional Quackery?
Abstract
"A sexual offender is thought to have victim empathy when he has a cognitive and emotional understanding of the experience of the victim of his sexual offense. Most sex offender treatment programs devote significant time to developing victim empathy. The authors examine three meta-analytic studies and some individual studies that suggest victim empathy work is unnecessary, or even harmful. Service user studies, however, report positive reactions to victim empathy work. The authors conclude that the enthusiasm for victim empathy work as a rehabilitative endeavor is disproportionate given the weak evidence base and the lack of a coherent theoretical model of change. However, because the research is inconclusive, it is not possible to conclude that victim empathy work is “correctional quackery.” We suggest a research program to clarify whether or not victim empathy intervention for sexual offenders has value."
http://sax.sagepub.com/content/25/3/282.abstract
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Sunday, September 29, 2013
What Could Those Empathy Researchers Be Thinking? Complications, Controversies, Research, and Practice
"The above title is a weak attempt at humor. Many of the best and brightest in our field have touted the importance of empathy in the treatment of sexual offenders. It’s as though we’ve always known it in our hearts: If you truly understand someone’s internal experience, you’re less likely to hurt them. Yet the available research begs to differ, and this is frustrating to many of us. What could the researchers have been thinking? And, what are we all feeling?"
http://sajrt.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/what-could-those-empathy-researchers-be.html?spref=tw
*****
Oct. 13, 2013
Bunnies, Stinkbugs and Maggots: The Secrets of Empathy
"Feeling what someone else feels isn't easy, but the brain is wired for it
I shouldn’t give a hoot about how you feel—and you shouldn’t care about my feelings either. In a world in which survival and procreation are our greatest genetic imperatives, it has always paid to keep our eyes firmly focused on the prize—which is ourselves. But in a world in which we also depend for that survival (to say nothing of those procreative opportunities) on other people, we need a healthy dose of empathy too. For humans, that has always created behavioral tension."
http://science.time.com/2013/10/13/bunnies-stinkbugs-and-maggots-the-secrets-of-empathy
*****
October 16, 2013
Empathy Strongly Affected By Our Own Emotional State
"A new study shows that our own feelings may hamper our ability to feel empathy. And if we have to make sudden decisions, empathy is even further restricted.
Up until now, researchers have hypothesized that we mainly draw on our own emotions as a reference for empathy. This only works, however, if we are in a neutral state or the same state as our counterpart — otherwise, the brain must counteract and correct."
http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/10/16/empathy-strongly-affected-by-our-own-emotional-state/60801.html
Victim Empathy Intervention With Sexual Offenders
"Rehabilitation, Punishment, or Correctional Quackery?
Abstract
"A sexual offender is thought to have victim empathy when he has a cognitive and emotional understanding of the experience of the victim of his sexual offense. Most sex offender treatment programs devote significant time to developing victim empathy. The authors examine three meta-analytic studies and some individual studies that suggest victim empathy work is unnecessary, or even harmful. Service user studies, however, report positive reactions to victim empathy work. The authors conclude that the enthusiasm for victim empathy work as a rehabilitative endeavor is disproportionate given the weak evidence base and the lack of a coherent theoretical model of change. However, because the research is inconclusive, it is not possible to conclude that victim empathy work is “correctional quackery.” We suggest a research program to clarify whether or not victim empathy intervention for sexual offenders has value."
http://sax.sagepub.com/content/25/3/282.abstract
*****
Sunday, September 29, 2013
What Could Those Empathy Researchers Be Thinking? Complications, Controversies, Research, and Practice
"The above title is a weak attempt at humor. Many of the best and brightest in our field have touted the importance of empathy in the treatment of sexual offenders. It’s as though we’ve always known it in our hearts: If you truly understand someone’s internal experience, you’re less likely to hurt them. Yet the available research begs to differ, and this is frustrating to many of us. What could the researchers have been thinking? And, what are we all feeling?"
http://sajrt.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/what-could-those-empathy-researchers-be.html?spref=tw
*****
Oct. 13, 2013
Bunnies, Stinkbugs and Maggots: The Secrets of Empathy
"Feeling what someone else feels isn't easy, but the brain is wired for it
I shouldn’t give a hoot about how you feel—and you shouldn’t care about my feelings either. In a world in which survival and procreation are our greatest genetic imperatives, it has always paid to keep our eyes firmly focused on the prize—which is ourselves. But in a world in which we also depend for that survival (to say nothing of those procreative opportunities) on other people, we need a healthy dose of empathy too. For humans, that has always created behavioral tension."
http://science.time.com/2013/10/13/bunnies-stinkbugs-and-maggots-the-secrets-of-empathy
*****
October 16, 2013
Empathy Strongly Affected By Our Own Emotional State
"A new study shows that our own feelings may hamper our ability to feel empathy. And if we have to make sudden decisions, empathy is even further restricted.
Up until now, researchers have hypothesized that we mainly draw on our own emotions as a reference for empathy. This only works, however, if we are in a neutral state or the same state as our counterpart — otherwise, the brain must counteract and correct."
http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/10/16/empathy-strongly-affected-by-our-own-emotional-state/60801.html
Sunday, 22 September 2013
You Have Had Your Instructions, Ms Keenan
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More harassment and abusive behaviour ... we have reported it, to Twitter, but, we have explained, that we respect 'legal', free speech (even lies), so these (and related) posts should be allowed to stand, for now.
The OSC (full meaning, never stated, by us).
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Addendum (15:39)
You come into our domains, by choice. You are welcome.
Feel free to spread our content and existence, wherever you choose. Please, just don't look so stupid and inept, in doing so.
Like the true Phoenix, we always return.
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Comment:
More harassment and abusive behaviour ... we have reported it, to Twitter, but, we have explained, that we respect 'legal', free speech (even lies), so these (and related) posts should be allowed to stand, for now.
The OSC (full meaning, never stated, by us).
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Addendum (15:39)
You come into our domains, by choice. You are welcome.
Feel free to spread our content and existence, wherever you choose. Please, just don't look so stupid and inept, in doing so.
Like the true Phoenix, we always return.
The OSC (full meaning, never stated, by us).
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
So, Are The Alleged Symptoms Due To The Sexual 'Abuse' Or An Inherent 'Brain Dysfunction'? - Chicken Or Egg?
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse Volume 22, Issue 6, 2013
The Cognitive Impact of Sexual Abuse and PTSD in Children: A Neuropsychological Study
"Received: 4 Dec 2011
Accepted: 12 Apr 2012
Published online: 07 Aug 2013
Sexual abuse [sic] is known to have an impact on both child and adult mental health [no, there appears to be some correlation, in a small minority of people], but the neuropsychological basis of this effect is still largely unknown.
This study compared neuropsychological test results from a group of 76 children, 13 of them sexual abuse [sic] victims with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, 26 victims of sexual abuse [sic] who showed no symptoms post-traumatic stress disorder, and 37 controls.
The groups were matched by age, sex, socioeconomic status, and educational level. Child sexual abuse [sic] was associated with reduced ability to inhibit automatic responses measured by the Stroop test regardless of post-traumatic stress disorder status.
These findings indicate possible attentional inhibition difficulties in child victims of sexual abuse [sic], which may help explain psychopathology associated with the experience."
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10538712.2013.811141#.UguhT6zQ41I
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23924174
*****
Amygdala Inhibition Deficit
Amygdala hijack
Amygdala
*****
The alternative view ...
Can Abuse in Childhood Make You Crazy [sic]?
http://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2013/06/04/can-abuse-in-childhood-make-you-crazy/
Trauma, Dissociation, Attachment & Neuroscience: A new paradigm for understanding severe mental distress
Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy (Vol 12, No 3, September 2012)
http://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Trauma-Dissociation-Attachment-and-Neuroscience-Dillo-Johnstone-Longden.pdf
The Cognitive Impact of Sexual Abuse and PTSD in Children: A Neuropsychological Study
"Received: 4 Dec 2011
Accepted: 12 Apr 2012
Published online: 07 Aug 2013
Sexual abuse [sic] is known to have an impact on both child and adult mental health [no, there appears to be some correlation, in a small minority of people], but the neuropsychological basis of this effect is still largely unknown.
This study compared neuropsychological test results from a group of 76 children, 13 of them sexual abuse [sic] victims with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, 26 victims of sexual abuse [sic] who showed no symptoms post-traumatic stress disorder, and 37 controls.
The groups were matched by age, sex, socioeconomic status, and educational level. Child sexual abuse [sic] was associated with reduced ability to inhibit automatic responses measured by the Stroop test regardless of post-traumatic stress disorder status.
These findings indicate possible attentional inhibition difficulties in child victims of sexual abuse [sic], which may help explain psychopathology associated with the experience."
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10538712.2013.811141#.UguhT6zQ41I
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23924174
*****
Amygdala Inhibition Deficit
Amygdala hijack
Amygdala
*****
The alternative view ...
Can Abuse in Childhood Make You Crazy [sic]?
http://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2013/06/04/can-abuse-in-childhood-make-you-crazy/
Trauma, Dissociation, Attachment & Neuroscience: A new paradigm for understanding severe mental distress
Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy (Vol 12, No 3, September 2012)
http://www.behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Trauma-Dissociation-Attachment-and-Neuroscience-Dillo-Johnstone-Longden.pdf
Saturday, 3 August 2013
This Should Not Exclude Them From The Same Critical Analysis
Posted on August 3, 2013
“Sun Justice” and Crime Propaganda
"The Sun recently unveiled their new crime-fighting team - Dr Sara Payne and Shy Keenan – as the nation’s salvation when it comes to issues of criminal justice and victimisation.
Dr Payne, now with a high-ranking prefix to her name as though to present an image of authority, has recently gone on record as suggesting that the Press is a shining ‘bastion of hope’, citing the example of the News of the World’s shameful ‘Name and Shame’ campaign of outing convicted child sex offenders in 2000, leading to a formal campaign (which was ultimately successful) to introduce Sarah’s Law [sic] – a community notification scheme whereby parents can access information about convicted sex offenders living in their areas.
Payne stresses how this cause was close to her heart following the murder of her daughter, Sarah, by a previously convicted sex offender, Roy Whiting, but doesn’t address that the new legislation wouldn’t have prevented this tragic event, given that Whiting lived some distance away from the Payne’s family home.
Shy Keenan is a public face in the field of child protection, having been the victim of sexual abuse throughout her childhood. This puts her in a unique position as a very high profile voice for victims groups.
Whilst I sympathise with both of these women for the horrific events that they have experienced over the years, this should not exclude them from the same critical analysis that would befall any columnist working in the mainstream popular press, so here goes…"
http://craigaharper.wordpress.com/2013/08/03/sun-justice-crime-propaganda/
Counterblast: Punitive Payne, Justice Campaigns, and Popular Punitivism – Where Next for ‘Public Criminology'?
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hojo.12012/abstract
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https://twitter.com/ShyKeenan
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Esther Rantzen on ITV This Morning on Shy Keenan - 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilYcx0Fpd2E&feature=youtu.be
Why, Ms Keenan, why?
Addendum (13/8/13)
Yes, this is of interest - Thank you.
Shy Keenan on Esther Rantzen/Savile - 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUaWiOQ7moE&feature=youtu.be
“Sun Justice” and Crime Propaganda
"The Sun recently unveiled their new crime-fighting team - Dr Sara Payne and Shy Keenan – as the nation’s salvation when it comes to issues of criminal justice and victimisation.
Dr Payne, now with a high-ranking prefix to her name as though to present an image of authority, has recently gone on record as suggesting that the Press is a shining ‘bastion of hope’, citing the example of the News of the World’s shameful ‘Name and Shame’ campaign of outing convicted child sex offenders in 2000, leading to a formal campaign (which was ultimately successful) to introduce Sarah’s Law [sic] – a community notification scheme whereby parents can access information about convicted sex offenders living in their areas.
Payne stresses how this cause was close to her heart following the murder of her daughter, Sarah, by a previously convicted sex offender, Roy Whiting, but doesn’t address that the new legislation wouldn’t have prevented this tragic event, given that Whiting lived some distance away from the Payne’s family home.
Shy Keenan is a public face in the field of child protection, having been the victim of sexual abuse throughout her childhood. This puts her in a unique position as a very high profile voice for victims groups.
Whilst I sympathise with both of these women for the horrific events that they have experienced over the years, this should not exclude them from the same critical analysis that would befall any columnist working in the mainstream popular press, so here goes…"
http://craigaharper.wordpress.com/2013/08/03/sun-justice-crime-propaganda/
Counterblast: Punitive Payne, Justice Campaigns, and Popular Punitivism – Where Next for ‘Public Criminology'?
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hojo.12012/abstract
*****
https://twitter.com/ShyKeenan
*****
Esther Rantzen on ITV This Morning on Shy Keenan - 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilYcx0Fpd2E&feature=youtu.be
Why, Ms Keenan, why?
Addendum (13/8/13)
Yes, this is of interest - Thank you.
Shy Keenan on Esther Rantzen/Savile - 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUaWiOQ7moE&feature=youtu.be
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
More Clutching-At-Straws, From The CPI Zealots
03 April 2013
New research [sic] shows action needed to stop people seeing indecent images of children for the first time
"Initial research findings [sic] into the motivations, behaviour and actions of people who view indecent images of children (often referred to as child pornography) online is released today (Thursday, March 28) by the child protection charity the Lucy Faithfull Foundation (LFF) and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).
The qualitative research involved hearing from Internet Offenders in their own words about what prompted them to begin viewing indecent images of children; how their illegal behaviour developed over time; methods used to find and view images; potential strategies for desisting; and how they are managing this behaviour at present.
It is hoped the research will lead to the development and implementation of new strategies to tackle the global problem of indecent images of children, in particular to prevent the first viewing of child sexual abuse images. Recommended areas for government, industry, law enforcement and the not for profit sectors to consider are:
>Preventing incidental viewing and first time access. Warning users of adult legal pornography of the dangers of straying into illegal materials when sexually aroused.
>Warnings for risky key word searches. A warning about the dangers of risky searches and the potential to find illegal indecent images could help some offenders think twice about their actions.
>Warnings for accessing sites assessed as containing child sexual abuse images. A warning that a website is no longer accessible as it contains child sexual abuse images.
>Better management of legal pornographic websites. Many offenders used progressive links on legal websites to access child sexual abuse images on their first occasion.
>Increased awareness of how to report child sexual abuse images. The Internet Watch Foundation takes reports of images and works with the online industry to remove them at source.
>Increased availability of resources for those who develop risky sexual thoughts and behaviours. The Stop it Now! Helpline can offer confidential advice to people concerned about their thoughts and feelings towards children and help them to manage them.
>Making monitoring software available. As well as filtering and blocking software monitoring software is available to help individuals avoid taking risks online.
>Educating both young people and adults about the criminal law in this area. Informing them that all sexual images of people who are, or appear to be, below 18 years of age are likely to be illegal."
http://www.iwf.org.uk/about-iwf/news/post/348-new-research-shows-action-needed-to-stop-people-seeing-indecent-images-of-children-for-the-first-time
Charities join forces for child sexual abuse study [sorry? the what?]
http://www.lucyfaithfull.org.uk/files/012113_charities_join_forces_for_child_sexual_abuse_study.pdf
New research shows action needed to stop people seeing indecent images of children for the first time
http://www.lucyfaithfull.org.uk/files/032813_new_research_shows_action_needed-to_stop_people_seeing_indecent_images_of_children_for_the_first_time.pdf
Comment:
We will return to this, later.
The OSC
New research [sic] shows action needed to stop people seeing indecent images of children for the first time
"Initial research findings [sic] into the motivations, behaviour and actions of people who view indecent images of children (often referred to as child pornography) online is released today (Thursday, March 28) by the child protection charity the Lucy Faithfull Foundation (LFF) and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).
The qualitative research involved hearing from Internet Offenders in their own words about what prompted them to begin viewing indecent images of children; how their illegal behaviour developed over time; methods used to find and view images; potential strategies for desisting; and how they are managing this behaviour at present.
It is hoped the research will lead to the development and implementation of new strategies to tackle the global problem of indecent images of children, in particular to prevent the first viewing of child sexual abuse images. Recommended areas for government, industry, law enforcement and the not for profit sectors to consider are:
>Preventing incidental viewing and first time access. Warning users of adult legal pornography of the dangers of straying into illegal materials when sexually aroused.
>Warnings for risky key word searches. A warning about the dangers of risky searches and the potential to find illegal indecent images could help some offenders think twice about their actions.
>Warnings for accessing sites assessed as containing child sexual abuse images. A warning that a website is no longer accessible as it contains child sexual abuse images.
>Better management of legal pornographic websites. Many offenders used progressive links on legal websites to access child sexual abuse images on their first occasion.
>Increased awareness of how to report child sexual abuse images. The Internet Watch Foundation takes reports of images and works with the online industry to remove them at source.
>Increased availability of resources for those who develop risky sexual thoughts and behaviours. The Stop it Now! Helpline can offer confidential advice to people concerned about their thoughts and feelings towards children and help them to manage them.
>Making monitoring software available. As well as filtering and blocking software monitoring software is available to help individuals avoid taking risks online.
>Educating both young people and adults about the criminal law in this area. Informing them that all sexual images of people who are, or appear to be, below 18 years of age are likely to be illegal."
http://www.iwf.org.uk/about-iwf/news/post/348-new-research-shows-action-needed-to-stop-people-seeing-indecent-images-of-children-for-the-first-time
Charities join forces for child sexual abuse study [sorry? the what?]
http://www.lucyfaithfull.org.uk/files/012113_charities_join_forces_for_child_sexual_abuse_study.pdf
New research shows action needed to stop people seeing indecent images of children for the first time
http://www.lucyfaithfull.org.uk/files/032813_new_research_shows_action_needed-to_stop_people_seeing_indecent_images_of_children_for_the_first_time.pdf
Comment:
We will return to this, later.
The OSC
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