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A migration to a new server platform has been successfully performed by our hosting company (hostcell.net). All pages and content are available as before.
This site is an Index of the
key individuals concerned with Family Justice and Child
Protection over the last three decades. The data provided
is predominantly concerned with English and Welsh
contemporary social history, but incorporates an
increasingly number of entries relevant to other nations,
notably the USA.
The Index has been created and maintained to act as an
initial reference guide for the public, journalists,
historians and biographers, together with professionals,
politicians and those whose lives have been impacted in
the last 30 years and beyond through the traumas of
English and Welsh child and family social policy. It
should not be regarded as a primary source of data, and
for that reason copious references to other data sources
are made throughout.
Some visitors may discern a weighty coverage of the
satanic ritual abuse 'crazy' years of the 1980s and 90s.
This was never originally intended and the subject has
crept-up on the Editors and subsequently been reflected
in the Index, simply because of its prominence in child
protection history. The 'SRA Myth' years included
probably the most significant social history events in
the US, UK, Canada and Australia in the last three
decades, and any contemporary academic history texts for
any of the respective nations that skip the subject are
quite likely rendered useless. The SRA Myth, typified by
the release of the West Memphis Three in 2011 continues
to haunt Western societies, and will probably continue to
do so until a process of truth and reconciliation is
commenced.
The Dramatis Personae website is hosted, administered and
edited in the United States, by US citizens - though
contributors from other nations are welcome. The site
attempts to be informative and as accurate as possible in
the presentation of any views, opinions or
interpretations made.
This site is not determined to encourage denigration of
individuals, though some entries, particularly discussing
the SRA (Satanic Ritual Abuse) Myth and its aftermath do
take a less-than-conciliatary approach. The site
maintains a Right of Reply page. This details
the sites' commitment to accuracy and an open
invitation to contribute material and
counter-arguments or even complete essays in
opposition to the primary Index entry. Contact with
the Editors can be made through the email address on
each page, or the Get In Contact form.
New and appended entries for - February 2012
New Entries (to date)
'special pleading' - a Letter to The Guardian, January 23rd 2012.The above new section has been incorporated into the RAINS history and refers to an unfortunate blunder by the British newspaper The Guardian in January 2012.
Nicky Ali Jackson
Appended Entries
The section The promotion of Attachment Therapy in the UK on the Candace Newmaker page has details of new historic revelations on the subject, kindly provided by a UK social worker.The entry for Myra Riddell has moved to its own page and has been further updated with new information received, both in January and early February. Next to the RAINS history, the entries for Norma Howes and Candace Newmaker, this page is the recipient of the most information received from Visitors. This page is due to be expanded further, thanks in-part to some fantastic information being provided regularly by members of the US gay community. Although never planned, the page appears to have struck a nerve and is revealing an aspect of US contemporary history not normally discussed, or even recognised widely up until recently.
Related to the Dr. Myra Riddell page, the now-on-its-dedicated-page entry for Gloria Steinem has been updated, once again due to some terrific contributions from Visitors. The new material includes details of a speech in 2009 that the Editors hadn't previously been aware-of. The page incorporates quite a lot of video clips, for those bored of the text-heavy content on this Web site.
The next 'major' update is scheduled for April 2012.
(In memory and for Victoria Climbié) |