Law, Trauma, and Sexual Abuse in the Schools: Why Can't Children Protect Themselves?.

Fossey, Richard

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ERIC Number: EJ492867

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Law, Trauma, and Sexual Abuse in the Schools: Why Can't Children Protect Themselves?

Fossey, Richard

West's Education Law Quarterly, v3 n4 p579-90 Oct 1994

Reviews federal cases that have considered whether school districts have an affirmative constitutional duty to protect school children. Research findings suggest that school children may be as helpless as prisoners when it comes to defending themselves from sexual abuse by school employees. (MLF)

Descriptors: Child Abuse, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts, Legal Responsibility, School Personnel, School Responsibility, Sexual Abuse, Student Rights

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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