Victim Narratives In The News
You’ve probably heard of victim narratives, but do you know what they are?
A victim narrative is a way of telling a story – of an individual, of a group large or small – blaming everyone else and everything else for their bad choices. It has often been said that our prisons are full of innocent men, a cynical claim that means they are really guilty but protest their innocence. This isn’t true, most convicted prisoners accept their guilt, but almost to a man they have a victim narrative that explains why their imprisonment is somebody else’s fault.
