A recent policy report entitled, "Little Children are Sacred" describes the problem of sexual abuse of children in Aboriginal communities in Australia. The report describes the sexual abuse not as incidences of individual deviant behaviour, but as a tragic outgrowth of the numerous social pathologies plaguing indigenous communities. Poverty, crowded housing, alcohol abuse and pornography are all identified as part of a constellation of factors which result in the sexual abuse of children. The report characterizes aboriginal culture as deteriorating in the face of these social problems, and "cultural restraints against offending" as breaking down. Aboriginal people are "culturally confused" and caught between their traditional culture and "mainstream" culture. In the paper, I will trace the ways that child sexual abuse is described as a group phenomenon as opposed to individual deviance. Also, I will show how this report frames the solution to these problems in terms of individual responsibility. This paper will trace the interconnections between mind, individual behaviour, and the social and cultural sphere in contemporary policy.