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dc.contributor.authorFrewin, Karen
dc.contributor.authorPond, Rachael
dc.contributor.authorTuffin, Keith
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:18:33Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:18:33Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2010-09-15T07:06:10Z
dc.identifier.issn09593535
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0959353508098618
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/33969
dc.description.abstractThis article offers a critical discursive analysis of contemporary media accounts of controversial New Zealand legislation designed to provide counselling and monetary compensation to sexual abuse victims/survivors. Analysis of newspaper texts from 2002 to 2005 located a heated debate, with opposition to and defense of the legislation. Opposition was articulated through strong emotional talk and perpetuation of a `big scam' discourse that positions sexual abuse survivors as potentially untrustworthy, fraudulent claimants. Counsellors/therapists are positioned as part of a predatory, money-hungry industry, which uses questionable practices to create false memories or reports of sexual abuse. The persuasive function served by this emotionally laden big scam discourse has a higher profile than arguments defending the legislation. The dominance of the big scam discourse arguably contributes to the suffering of sexual abuse survivors, more often women and children, by maintaining attention on authenticity and entitlement. Humanitarian attempts to address the deleterious effects of sexual abuse are undermined.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom29
dc.relation.ispartofpageto47
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalFeminism & Psychology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume19
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth, Clinical and Counselling Psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic Health and Health Services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther Studies in Human Society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode170106
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1117
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1699
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1701
dc.titleSexual Abuse, Counselling and Compensation: Discourses in New Zealand Newspapers
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorFrewin, Karen


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