BBC NEWS | Wales | Sex abuse compensation 'insult'

To follow on from a previous post regarding the compensation levels for this and many other types of crime, comes further confirmation of that premise that the blame the victim culture is not just an urban myth and that those who a victims of miscarriages of justice or injured at work are more likely to be treat fairly than the victims of sexual crimes.

'The mother of a Cardiff girl assaulted at the age of three by the paedophile Craig Sweeney has confirmed the family has been offered £9,000 compensation.
The woman has described the offer as "the final insult" saying it does not compensate her daughter for the ordeal. '

And I am sure that, right now, this morning, there are more insults landing on the mat for lots of other victims, struggling to rebuild their lives after falling into the hands of these predators.

In a statement, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority said: "We cannot comment specifically on applications made to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, in order to protect applicants' confidentiality.

"CICA operates under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2001, as set down by Parliament. The scheme sets the levels of compensation depending on the injuries sustained.

"We pay awards under a tariff system that assigns each specific injury a fixed amount of compensation. Awards under this tariff range from £1,000 to £250,000."

Note that the one thing missing from this statement, the word sorry.
Even if their hands are tied by the poorly considered decisions of Parliament, they could express the notion that they themselves are not happy with these restraints.

It is this hiding behind the official line and that you are not an individual but just another case number which re enforces the ideas and feelings of victim blaming and inequality.

I am pleased that Cardiff North MP Julie Morgan said she felt the strict tariff system needed examination, but any changes are long over due and, even if Parliament will admit that the levels of compensation are woefully inadequate, these changes will probably be a long way into the future.

BBC NEWS | Wales | Sex abuse compensation 'insult'

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