'Urgent Invite': Securing a data set on allegations of sexual abuse made against the former disc jockey, Jimmy Savile

“紧急邀请”：保护针对前唱片骑师吉米·萨维尔的性虐待指控的数据集

• 批准号: ES/L011778/1
• 负责人: Mark Smith
• 金额: $ 5.67万
• 依托单位: University of Edinburgh
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2013 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FL011778%2F1
• 关键词: Urgent; Invite; Securing; data; set

In 2012, a year after his death, allegations of historical sex abuse by the former disc jockey, Jimmy Savile, began to emerge following an ITV 'Exposure' programme. The case generated massive public interest; initial allegations led to hundreds of others. It caused public outrage; Savile's grave was desecrated, his holiday cottage vandalised. The reverberations of the case have engulfed major institutions in controversy leading, for example, to the resignation of the BBC's Director General and to two reports (Pollard, 2012 and Smith, ongoing) into the organisation's handling of the affair. It has also led to investigations of sex crimes by other celebrity figures from the 1960s and 70s and more currently. Previous allegations of abuse in North Wales children's homes re-surfaced, implicating (wrongly) the Tory peer Lord McAlpine in child abuse.The scale of the allegations against Savile led the Metropolitan Police in the Yewtree Report (2013) (in conjunction with the Crown Prosecution Service and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to children) to identify those making allegations against Savile as victims and, by implication, Savile as a perpetrator of abuse, a 'predatory paedophile'. Alison Levitt QC, Principal Advisor to the Director of Public Prosecution, in her report regarding Savile, notes that the term 'complainant' is inappropriate and substitutes the term 'victim' throughout the report. This is a new and arguably troubling development inasmuch as Savile was never tried or convicted through due process of law. There is a wider concern that the sexual mores of a particular time period are being examined and judged, perhaps, against standards of a different age. While the general mood against Savile is one of revulsion, voices are beginning to be raised questioning the veracity of some of the allegations against him. Initial allegations emanate from former residents of Duncroft School, a residential school for 'wayward but intelligent girls', which operated in the South of England over the course of the 1960s and 70s and into the 80s. One former resident of Duncroft went on to become a lawyer, now lives in France and blogs under the name of Anna Raccoon. She disputes the picture of Duncroft painted by other former residents and the extent and nature of Jimmy Savile's alleged abuse there. Dozens of other former residents have contacted her to question aspects of the story that has found its way into the public domain. Members of Jimmy Savile's family have similarly disputed claims made against him by a relative.Picking up on Mark Smith's interest in moral panics, Anna Raccoon contacted him to reveal that she was suffering from terminal cancer and would like to ensure that the information she holds on the Savile case is not lost but is subjected to proper academic scrutiny. This research proposal is to collate the 'urgent' electronic data she holds but also to interview key informants on the Savile case who are known to 'Anna'. The subject of our proposed research takes us onto contested ground: proponents of the approach that has been taken to investigate the 'Savile affair' argue that victims are at long last being afforded justice and the possibility of 'closure' and that to raise questions of the process might put off others from coming forward; critics see it as a witch-hunt or as Furedi (2013) claims, the latest episode in a wider 'moral crusade' against child abuse. Our proposal raises, among others, questions of human rights and civil liberties, the rule of law, memory, identity and perceptions of trust in social relationships. As such it will be of interest to a range of academic disciplines and publics. It should be of particular relevance to the workings of the criminal justice system in the UK. It is also of international significance as jurisdictions across the world struggle with how best to address vexed questions of historical child abuse.

2012年，他去世一年后，在ITV“曝光”计划后，前唱片骑师吉米·萨维尔（Jimmy Savile）对历史性虐待的指控开始出现。该案件产生了巨大的公共利益；最初的指控导致了数百人。它引起了公众的愤怒； Savile的坟墓被亵渎了，他的度假小屋破坏了。该案的回响使主要机构席卷了主要机构，例如，英国广播公司（BBC）总干事辞去了辞职，并向组织处理了这一事务的两份报告（Pollard，2012年和史密斯（Smith），正在进行中）。这也导致了1960年代和70年代其他名人人物的性犯罪调查，目前是更多。以前关于北威尔士儿童之家虐待的指控重新浮出水面，涉及（错误地）保守党同伴麦卡尔平勋爵在虐待儿童中。针对萨维尔的指控的规模带领大都会警察在Yewtree的报告中（2013年）（与皇室结合在一起）检方服务和国家对儿童虐待的预防协会）确定那些针对萨维尔作为受害者的指控的人，并暗示萨维尔是虐待的肇事者，是“掠夺性恋童癖者”。公共检方局长艾莉森·莱维特（Alison Levitt QC）在有关萨维尔（Savile）的报告中指出，“投诉人”一词是不适当的，在整个报告中替代了“受害者”一词。这是一个新的，可以说是令人不安的发展，因为萨维尔从未通过适当的法律审判或定罪。人们更加担心特定时期的性生活，也许是根据不同年龄的标准进行了审查和判断。虽然对萨维尔的普遍情绪是一种反感之一，但声音开始提出质疑一些针对他的指控的真实性。最初的指控来自邓克罗夫特（Duncroft School）的前居民，邓克罗夫特学校（Duncroft School）是一所“任性但聪明的女孩”的住宅学校，该学校在1960年代和70年代和80年代在英格兰南部运作。邓克罗夫特（Duncroft）的一位前居民继续成为一名律师，现在以安娜·浣熊（Anna Raccoon）的名义住在法国和博客。她对其他前居民描绘的邓克罗夫特（Duncroft）的照片以及吉米·萨维尔（Jimmy Savile）在那里遭受虐待的程度和性质提出了异议。数十名其他前居民已与她联系，质疑已经进入公共领域的故事的各个方面。吉米·萨维尔（Jimmy Savile）的家人的成员同样提出了一个因亲戚对他提出的主张。 Savile案并没有丢失，但经过适当的学术审查。这项研究建议是为了整理她所持有的“紧急”电子数据，但也采访了“ Anna”已知的Savile案件的关键线人。我们拟议的研究的主题将我们带入了有争议的基础：为调查“萨维尔事件”采取的方法的支持者，认为受害者终于可以得到正义和“封闭”的可能性，并提出问题的问题这个过程可能使他人无法挺身而出；批评者将其视为女巫狩猎或Furedi（2013）所主张的罪魁祸首，这是针对虐待儿童的更广泛的“道德十字军东征”中的最新一集。我们的建议提出了人权和公民自由的问题，是法治，记忆，身份和对社会关系信任的看法。因此，一系列学科和公众将很感兴趣。它应该与英国刑事司法系统的运作特别重要。这也具有国际意义，因为世界各地的司法管辖区都在努力解决如何最好地解决历史虐待儿童的烦恼问题。

项目成果

Jimmy Savile as 'agitprop for believing all abuse allegations

吉米·萨维尔作为“相信所有虐待指控的煽动者”

• 发表时间: 2017
• 期刊: Justice Gap
• 作者: Burnett, R

The origins of the Jimmy Savile scandal

吉米·萨维尔丑闻的起源

• DOI: 10.1108/ijssp-03-2017-0029
• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
• 影响因子: 2.7
• 作者: Smith M

Sexuality, Innocence and Agency in Narratives of Childhood Sexual Abuse: Implications for Social Work

童年性虐待叙述中的性、纯真和能动性：对社会工作的影响

• DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcw160
• 发表时间: 2016
• 期刊: British Journal of Social Work
• 影响因子: 1.8
• 作者: Smith M

Relationship boundaries in residential child care: connection and safety in group care relationships

寄宿儿童保育中的关系边界：团体保育关系中的联系和安全

• 发表时间: 2015
• 期刊: Research, Policy and Planning
• 作者: Coady, P

Researching celebrity historic sexual abuse allegations

研究名人历史性虐待指控

• 发表时间: 2014
• 期刊: Th Justice Gap
• 作者: Smith M