Are the Present Methods of Child Sexual Abuse Prevention and Treatment Doing More Harm Than Good?

Question by Shazaaye Puebla: Are the present methods of child sexual abuse prevention and treatment doing more harm than good?
There are reports that prosecutors have been given such influance over judges that children are being thrown in jail in order to intemidate them into testifying against accused offenders.

Sex offender registries are being used as hit lists for mass murder.

Stranger danger scares have caused lost children to hide from searchers.

Most people still believe that child molesters are strangers and could never be close friends, family members, and even parents themselves, when experts in the field of child sexual abuse report that 90% of all offences are committed by persons well known to a child.

Many victims report being verbally abused by therapists and ordered to think and feel certian ways.

The media and many activists mislead the public into believing that child sexual abuse is on the rise when the only thing that has incresed are the number of reports.

Victims are constantly bombarded by the media with reminders of their abuse, making it harder for them to recover.

Best answer:

Answer by jtuckerndfw
According to old school psychology, the primary trauma inflicted on children is the reaction to the abuse. A position I still hold since there is no evidence to demonstrate otherwise. Most children, if not bombarded with hysteria by nosy busy bodies, would probably shrug it off and move on with their lives.

As it is, they are not only victimized by the abuser, they are victimized even more so by society.

Laws based primarily on emotion make for very bad laws. The entire system and concept we currently use should be scrapped and redone without the hysteria.

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