AUSTRALIA
The Courier-Mail
Meg Perkins
From:The Courier-Mail
November 30, 2012
THE royal commission into child sexual abuse will miss very important evidence if it does not include a mechanism for convicted offenders, especially those in prison, to tell their stories.
Contrary to popular belief, most prisoners do not tell sob stories about being abused in childhood to attract sympathy.
Most keep the secret to themselves and are terrified somebody will find out.
The reason for this is plain and simple. If it becomes known in the prison population that you have been a victim of sexual abuse, you will become prey for sexual predators.
Prisoners are like most people in that they do not understand the dynamics of child sexual abuse.
They tend to blame themselves.
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