Preventing Child Sexual Abuse In Youth-Serving Organizations. Norman D. Bates

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      Acknowledgments

      The authors wish to thank the following experts for their review and assessment of this publication. Their comments and suggestions have strengthened and enriched the final product.

      Joshua Bailes

      Staff Attorney

      National Center for Victims of CrimeAuthors

      Mitru Ciarlante

      Director, Child and Club Safety

      Boys & Girls Clubs of America

      Charles P. Conroy, Ed.D.

      Executive Director

      Perkins Special Education Facility, Lancaster, MA

      Jeffrey R. Dion

      Deputy Executive Director

      National Center for Victims of Crime

      Carmen Durso, Esq.

      Attorney at Law, Boston, MA

      Professor Marci A. Hamilton

      Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law

      at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

      Yeshiva University

      Victor Vieth

      Executive Director Emeritus

      Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center

      Introduction

      Child sexual abuse (CSA) is an insidious crime that can destroy the lives of innocent children and leave their families devastated. The topic of child sexual abuse is, at best, a difficult subject to discuss and at worst, a horrifying one.

      Why This Publication

      The work of Liability Consultants, Inc. includes consulting with all types of organizations on their security problems and potential civil liability in the event that someone is a victim of a violent crime. That work has included retention in civil litigation involving rape and sexual abuse where a child was the victim. In the course of preparing for a number of cases, we found that there was a significant void in information pertaining to institutional response of child sexual abuse.

      While there has been a great deal published on the subject of child sexual abuse, there is limited research data specific to extra-familial child sexual abuse within youth-serving organizations. There is also a lack of a single source for these organizations to reference in developing a program to help reduce the risk of such assaults. We also found that there was insufficient guidance for parents who may want to inquire as to how these organizations are protecting their children.

      The objective of this publication is to provide information on the СКАЧАТЬ