Canonical response to the sexual abuse crisis in the United States

2020 ◽  
pp. 163-181
Author(s):  
Patricia M. Dugan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
The United States

Effectiveness of Programs for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amaia Del Campo ◽  
Marisalva Fávero
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sexual Abuse Prevention ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Methodological Considerations

Abstract. During the last decades, several studies have been conducted on the effectiveness of sexual abuse prevention programs implemented in different countries. In this article, we present a review of 70 studies (1981–2017) evaluating prevention programs, conducted mostly in the United States and Canada, although with a considerable presence also in other countries, such as New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The results of these studies, in general, are very promising and encourage us to continue this type of intervention, almost unanimously confirming its effectiveness. Prevention programs encourage children and adolescents to report the abuse experienced and they may help to reduce the trauma of sexual abuse if there are victims among the participants. We also found that some evaluations have not considered the possible negative effects of this type of programs in the event that they are applied inappropriately. Finally, we present some methodological considerations as critical analysis to this type of evaluations.

Religious Freedom and the Churches: Contemporary Challenges in the United States Today1

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-204
Author(s):  
Richard W. Garnett
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Constitutional Law ◽  
Religious Freedom ◽  
The United States ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
General Decline ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Constitutional Right

A crucial, but often overlooked, dimension of the human and constitutional right to religious freedom is the autonomy of religious institutions, associations and societies with respect to matters of governance, doctrine, formation and membership. Although the Supreme Court of the United States has affirmed this autonomy in the context of American constitutional law, it is vulnerable, and even under threat, for a variety of reasons, including a general decline in the health of civil society and mediating associations and a crisis of confidence and authority caused by clerical sexual abuse and churches’ failure to respond to it.

scholarly journals The economic burden of child sexual abuse in the United States

2018 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 413-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth J. Letourneau ◽  
Derek S. Brown ◽  
Xiangming Fang ◽  
Ahmed Hassan ◽  
James A. Mercy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Economic Burden ◽  
The United States

U.S. Center for SafeSport: Preventing Abuse in Sports

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Johnson ◽  
Katie Hanna ◽  
Julie Novak ◽  
Angelo P. Giardino
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Preliminary Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sport Organizations ◽  
The Many ◽  
And Training ◽  
The U.S

While society at large recognizes the many benefits of sport, it is important to also recognize and prevent factors that can lead to an abusive environment. This paper seeks to combine the current research on abuse in the sport environment with the work of the U.S. Center for SafeSport. The inclusion of risk factors unique to sport and evidence-informed practices provides framing for the scope and response to sexual abuse in sport organizations in the United States. The paper then explores the creation and mission of the U.S. Center for SafeSport, including the role of education in prevention and of policy, procedures, audit, and compliance as important aspects of a comprehensive safeguarding strategy. This paper provides preliminary data on the reach of the Center, established in 2017. This data captures the scope of education and training and the increase in reports to the Center from within the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement.

Unintentional and Sexual Abuse-related Pediatric Female Genital Trauma: A Multiinstitutional Study of Free-standing Pediatric Hospitals in the United States

Urology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 417-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarett Shnorhavorian ◽  
Josephine Hidalgo-Tamola ◽  
Martin A. Koyle ◽  
Hunter Wessells ◽  
Cindy Larison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
The United States ◽  
Free Standing ◽  
Pediatric Hospitals ◽  
Genital Trauma ◽  
Female Genital

scholarly journals Stakeholder-Formed Organizations and Crisis Communication: Analyzing Discourse of Renewal with a Non-Offending Organization

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-274
Author(s):  
Jordan Morehouse
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Crisis Communication ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Crisis Discourse ◽  
Motivating Factor ◽  
The Catholic Church

Scholars have examined the ways organizations practice post-crisis communication strategies, including deny, diminish, and rebuild. The current study explores the extent to which a stakeholder-formed organization utilizes post-crisis discourse of renewal to rebuild, recover, and renew the Catholic Church after allegations of sexual abuse of minors publicly surfaced in the United States. Open-ended semi-structured interviews with founders and executive committee members of Leadership Roundtable revealed stakeholders practiced discourse of renewal to help the Catholic Church, an offending organization, recover from a crisis. This study also assessed the extent to which God and religion motivated stakeholders’ responses. Results suggest religion is a critical motivating factor in stakeholders’ responses to a crisis.

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