The Mad or Bad Debate Continues

Susan van Scoyoc

Susan van Scoyoc @SusanVanScoyoc https://twitter.com/susanvanscoyoc

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Published on Sep 25, 2014 

Susan van Scoyoc: Psychologists as expert witnesses: The mad or bad debate continues

"Susan van Scoyoc, an independent practitioner, speaking at the Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society in Birmingham, May 2014."

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSPR93gTeE8&index=2&list=UUV-oB7KcxvahA13d80xlhAA

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15/02/2013

Susan Van Scoyoc wins Society award

"The Professional Practice Board’s Practitioner of the Year Award 2012 has gone to Susan Van Scoyoc for her outstanding commitment to professional practice in court and family work, as a researcher, teacher and supervisor, and to the Society and profession as a whole.

A Chartered Psychologist of some 20 years’ standing, Susan Van Scoyoc is an HCPC-registered practitioner in both health psychology and counselling psychology. She manages a busy private practice providing psychological therapies, training and expert witness services for solicitors, local authorities, courts, tribunals and the Crown Prosecution Service.

Susan Van Scoyoc has particular interests in subjects related to physical health, women, human rights and family relationships. She registered with UK Expert Witness and has held many senior board and committee roles within the Society."

http://www.bps.org.uk/news/susan-van-scoyoc-wins-socieety-award

Her Name Is Rachel Abigail Rounds And She Is An Income Generator, Courtesy Of The Exploiting Daily Mail, Who She Works For

Haunted Rachel - Head of Media, Bible Society - and Tom  ...

Their sex life, is just fine, thank you

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PUBLISHED: 00:03, 3 December 2013 | UPDATED: 00:55, 3 December 2013

For 25 years, Rachel was haunted by the teacher who sexually abused her at 13. Then she decided to make him pay for his crimes by taking him to court

By Rachel Rounds 

"Vulnerable: Rachel, pictured aged 13, was abused for three years by her teacher GW.

The man standing in the dock of the crown court cut a pathetic figure.

Middle-aged with thinning hair [maybe that is why she likes Tom?] and a paunch, he wore shabby clothes and cheap shoes. I didn’t recognise him at all.

‘That’s him,’ said my mother. But I couldn’t quite believe that the man sitting a few feet away was GW, the once-trusted teacher who had abused me for three years from the age of 13."

"Revival-Wiltshire Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre is available only to people living in Wiltshire. They can be contacted on 01225 358 568. For national inquiries, visit www.thesurvivorstrust.org/national-helplines."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2517147/For-25-years-Rachel-haunted-teacher-sexually-abused-13-Then-decided-make-pay-.html

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RACHEL ABIGAIL ROUNDS HEAD OF MEDIA FOR CHARITY

"RACHEL ABIGAIL ROUNDS has position Director (HEAD OF MEDIA FOR CHARITY) in company REVIVAL-WILTSHIRE RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE.

At current position Director (HEAD OF MEDIA FOR CHARITY) of company REVIVAL-WILTSHIRE RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE is 3 months.

REVIVAL-WILTSHIRE RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE"

http://www.ccdni.com/director-rachel-abigail-rounds

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Rachel Rounds. Head of Media, Bible Society, Calne, Wiltshire, United Kingdom (Swindon, United Kingdom) 

"Public Relations and Communications"

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rachel-rounds/4/95b/120

Rachel Rounds

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Rachel+Rounds

http://journalisted.com/rachel-rounds

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All proceeds of this piece went to ..?

A Legal System That Shrinks From Testing Witness Credibility Robustly Is Not An Authentic System Of Justice

11 November 2013

Believe the victim: a recipe for injustice

"The innocent suffer when we’re encouraged to believe all claimants.

The outraged reactions to newspaper reports of a recent debate at the London School of Economics entitled ‘Is Rape Different?’, at which I spoke, proved the point of my talk there about the prevailing ideology of victimisation. This ideology dominates official thinking about rape and sexual abuse to a point where the police actively solicit allegations with the promise, ‘You will be believed’. This militates against the idea that allegations need to be investigated.

The ‘you will be believed’ mantra also fosters an unreal expectation on the part of complainants, and the victim lobby, that their accounts should not be challenged or questioned robustly. The government is now piloting a scheme of ‘pre-trial’ cross-examination, in an attempt to shield complainants from the rigours of a criminal trial, ostensibly so as not to ‘re-traumatise victims’."

http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/believe_the_victim_a_receipt_for_injustice/14272#.UoD14lOAxCM

9th November 2013

The Victims’ Code – A Lack of Substance or a Victory for Victims?

"Victims are no longer an afterthought. But we must be careful that they do not become our only thought."

www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk/features/Victims’-Code-–-Lack-Substance-or-Victory-Victims

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Flooded By False Rape Allegations

http://www.angryharry.com/Flooded-By-False-Rape-Allegations.htm

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11 November 2013

Natasha Foster falsely accused a man of raping her

"A young Ballymena woman who falsely cried rape two years ago then spilled the truth to police said she is "ashamed" of herself.

Young mum Natasha Foster (23) told police in November 2011 that she had been raped but two days later the liar came clean.

However, before she told police the truth they had arrested, questioned and put the man falsely accused of her rape in a cell.

Later this month she will be sentenced for perverting the course of justice by knowingly providing a false statement."

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/im-ashamed-says-woman-who-made-false-rape-claim-29743028.html

http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.com/2013/11/uk-im-ashamed-says-woman-natasha-foster.html#.UoD3ZFOAxCM

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

Retribution Trumps Safety

04 Sep, 2012 03:00 AM

Axe for sex offender treatment program

"A PROGRAM that has more than halved the rate of child sex crime reoffending has been axed.

Tony Vinson, from the University of Sydney, said yesterday that the program, which diverts ''suitable'' child sex assault offenders from the criminal justice system into a two-year treatment program, had helped protect children from reoffenders."

"The Attorney-General, Greg Smith, confirmed last night that the state government had axed the program as of Saturday..

"This program does not reflect community expectations and is not supported by the government,'' he said. "The community rightly expects those who engage in child sex assault to receive a custodial sentence."

http://www.blacktownsun.com.au/news/national/national/general/axe-for-sex-offender-treatment-program/2657863.aspx

Axing of incest rehab program questioned

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-04/victim-anger-at-incest-rehab-centre27s-axing/4242570