CRIM 316 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Diocesan Priest, Mainline Protestant, Orthodox Judaism
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Physical, verbal, and visual forms of sexual misconduct are widespread in schools. Specific job characteristics were associated with a higher rate of abuse; teachers whose job involved individual time with students, such as coaches or music tutors, were more likely to abuse. Limitations: small samples of clinical or interview data = limit generalizability, no consistent definitions of sexual behavior, misconduct or abuse. 5. 5/ every 10,000 children in day care centres and 8. 9 / every 10,000 children in families = reported to be sexually abused (situational factors low staff presence) Moulden et al age (below 25) + single = risk factors for child sexual victimization among nonfamilial child care providers; abuse more likely to take place in informal care setting than in formal care setting (margolin) Majority of victims were boy scouts, who typically range in age from 11 to 17; most abuse occur during camping trip. The bsa now has an extensive youth protection training program.