Legal Issues Involving Educator Sexual Misconduct

2017 ◽  
pp. 91-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Ashley Fields
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Misconduct ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Professional Boundaries ◽  
Background Checks ◽  
Personal Consequences ◽  
Educator Sexual Misconduct ◽  
Liability Risks ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Reporting Procedures

In addition to the trauma for victims of an educator's sexual misconduct, such conduct can have lasting consequences for the educator, their employer, and the community the educator serves. The educator who crosses professional boundaries and engages in sexual misconduct with students faces the possibility of both professional and personal consequences. In addition to discussing these consequences, this chapter will identify and examine the liability risks for school employers when an educator engages in sexual misconduct. This chapter will also provide insight into how a school employer can to adopt and implement measures to prevent and manage risks posed by sexual misconduct through background checks, training, supervision, reporting procedures, and conducting investigations when appropriate.

Legal Issues Involving Educator Sexual Misconduct

2019 ◽  
pp. 259-269
Author(s):  
Sean Ashley Fields
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Misconduct ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Professional Boundaries ◽  
Background Checks ◽  
Personal Consequences ◽  
Educator Sexual Misconduct ◽  
Liability Risks ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Reporting Procedures

In addition to the trauma for victims of an educator's sexual misconduct, such conduct can have lasting consequences for the educator, their employer, and the community the educator serves. The educator who crosses professional boundaries and engages in sexual misconduct with students faces the possibility of both professional and personal consequences. In addition to discussing these consequences, this chapter will identify and examine the liability risks for school employers when an educator engages in sexual misconduct. This chapter will also provide insight into how a school employer can to adopt and implement measures to prevent and manage risks posed by sexual misconduct through background checks, training, supervision, reporting procedures, and conducting investigations when appropriate.

scholarly journals Specialist Clinical Legal Education: An Australian Model

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Campbell ◽  
Alan Ray
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Legal Subject ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
Legal Problems ◽  
The University ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Australian Universities

<p>Clinical legal education in Australia traditionally has been based in generalist clinics, where the client and caseload intake is limited primarily by the financial means of clients rather than by the legal subject matter of their problems. The breadth and variety of legal problems which confront clinic students provide insight into and understanding of the operation of the legal system at the grass roots and the legal issues raised rarely seem to reflect directly the law the students have learnt in the classroom.</p><p>In recent years, for both educational and political reasons, Australian Universities have begun to develop specialised clinics, serving clients with problems in a particular area of law.</p><p>This article describes the operation of Monash’s specialised Family Law clinic and considers the factors which, in the Monash experience, have combined to ensure its stability and recognition, within the University and in the broader political context.</p>

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Goldman
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Legal History ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Finnegans Wake ◽  
Marital Infidelity ◽  
Legal Regimes ◽  
The Law ◽  
Insight Into

The introduction offers an overview of legal issues pertaining to James Joyce's life and work. It reviews the previous criticism on this topic and summarizes/previews the contents of the volume. These synopses become the basis of Goldman's argument that research in legal history offers new insight into the implications of narrative developments in Joyce's Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses, and Finnegans Wake. These writings include scenes inflected by laws governing, for example, alcohol, public space, marital infidelity, and tenancy. Joyce's work can be seen as critiquing these and other legal regimes. Goldman argues that reading Joyce alongside the law supports and enriches current strategies in Joyce and modernist scholarship.

scholarly journals Educator Sexual Misconduct: A Statutory Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-153
Author(s):  
Mia J. Abboud ◽  
Guangzhen Wu ◽  
Amelie Pedneault ◽  
Mary K. Stohr ◽  
Craig Hemmens
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
News Media ◽  
Sexual Misconduct ◽  
State Law ◽  
Child Sexual Assault ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Age Of Consent ◽  
Educator Sexual Misconduct ◽  
Definition Of

Educator sexual misconduct is a problem that has gained increased attention because of the high-profile cases reported by the news media. Yet, the diversity in state law regarding this offense remains somewhat unexplored. In this article, we compare and evaluate state statutory provisions regarding educator sexual misconduct; our focus is on what constitutes educator sexual misconduct, and what penalties are provided for offenders. As such, we explore the differences and similarities in statutory provisions across states in terms of the definition of child sexual assault, the age of consent, the penalties for various types of sexual misconduct perpetrated by teachers, and any requirement for registration as sex offenders. Our findings indicate that though the number of applicable statutes has almost doubled since 2010, there remains a wide variety in the definition and penalties included in those laws, and 21 states have not chosen to enact a specific law at all.

Using Adolescent Perceptions of Misconduct to Help Educational Leaders Identify and Respond to Sexual Misconduct

2020 ◽  
pp. 0013161X2096371
Author(s):  
Frank Hernandez ◽  
Jonathan McPhetres ◽  
Jamie Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Students ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Sexual Misconduct ◽  
City Center ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Principal Preparation Programs ◽  
Texas Education Agency ◽  
Texas Education ◽  
Education Agency ◽  
Educator Sexual Misconduct

Purpose. In the current study, we present data describing adolescents’ perceptions and knowledge of educator sexual misconduct. Prior research has not investigated how adolescents understand these situations, and this information can help school leaders, educators, and researchers both understand how these situations begin and develop programs aimed at identifying cases of misconduct in order to reduce future occurrences. Research Design. The study took place in a Texas city designated as an “Other City Center” District Type by Texas Education Agency. The study’s 1,203 participants were secondary students from the district. Findings. Findings indicate that almost 2% of those surveyed openly admitted to currently being consensually sexually involved with a teacher. Those in a relationship were equally likely to be male or female, were older, and were engaged in risky online activities, including using the internet to connect with strangers, sending or receiving sexually suggestive pictures and videos, and searching for their teacher on social media. Implications. There are numerous implications for policy and preparation at various levels, from state and national legislation to school and school district policy to teacher- and principal-preparation programs.

Beyond the Locker Room: Campus Bars and College Athletes

1998 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Jon Curry
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
College Athletes ◽  
Sexual Misconduct ◽  
Male Bonding ◽  
Male Athletes ◽  
What Is Said ◽  
Locker Room ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Insight Into

This paper extends the research conducted on male bonding in locker rooms to another well-known but under-researched site, the campus bar. Through a life history of a former athlete, we learn about the connection between what is said in the locker room and behavior outside. We also gain insight into the role campus bars play in facilitating aggression and sexual misconduct by male athletes.

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