CSA Image Downloader Escapes Jail Again
The other story from this weekend was another British judge giving “one more chance” to someone who downloaded CSA images a second time after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. That story is here.
The other story from this weekend was another British judge giving “one more chance” to someone who downloaded CSA images a second time after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. That story is here.
The Commission report is, obviously, based on what was found in the UK. I have little doubt that similar realities exist in just about every country. And, just about every country can look not just at this overview, but also some of the more detailed information and recommendations from the PDF and find relevant information.
To be honest, this overview sounds a lot like what I’ve read from various sources about the US system as well, and it’s about time we started thinking about what support for mental health looks like in our own communities.
We talk a lot in the advocate community about not being alone with mental health issues. I try to encourage anyone to see others who are dealing with the same issues around mental health and childhood abuse and recognize that they are not in this alone. There are many of us out here dealing with the same thing. Many in the US and other countries are alone in accessing care. That should shame us all.
At the end of last week the director of a music charity began a 30 year sentence for the abuse of at least two boys and creating child abuse images over a two year period last decade, and being arrested with more images at an airport in 2008. The evidence of one child from England contributed…
The series, obviously, focuses on situations in Oregon, but I believe there are a lot of similar stories playing out around the country, so this whole series really gives us a lot to consider, and talk about. For example, one of the articles talked a lot about the stress of living as a young person…
That’s our blind spot. We’re so busy looking for creepy, anti-social, stereotypes that we miss the charming abusers right in our midst, and we miss all the signs and hints that our kids might be dropping because we just didn’t stop to consider that adult to be dangerous. We just assumed they were safe, and our kids would somehow know better anyway.
Clearly, that strategy isn’t working.
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