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Corene de Wet – Perspectives in Education, 2024
This qualitative media study, undertaken within an interpretative research paradigm, aims to expand our knowledge of sexual violence perpetrated against learners in South African public and private schools. Due to ethical, normative and methodological barriers surrounding research on sexual violence in schools, South African English language…
Descriptors: Violence, Sexual Abuse, School Safety, Foreign Countries
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Sieben, Andrew; Lust, Katherine; Crose, Ainslee; Renner, Lynette M.; Nguyen, Ruby H. N. – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objective: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may be detrimental to health, yet are understudied in Asians/Pacific Islanders (API). We described the prevalence of individual ACEs among API college students compared to White college students. Participants: College students (n = 8,472) from 17 Minnesota postsecondary institutions completed the…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Pacific Islanders, White Students, Racial Differences
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Honeycutt, Del Rey; Rickard, G. Keilan – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2021
In this article, the authors discuss the pathways to sexual offenses, risk factors, treatment, and unique ethical challenges inherent in working with students who have a history of sexual offending behavior or exhibit risk factors for such behavior. We also address unique clinical competencies and knowledge and provide recommendations for…
Descriptors: College Students, Sexual Abuse, Crime, At Risk Students
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Lemke, Melinda; Rogers, Kate – Journal of Education Policy, 2023
Social emotional learning (SEL) aims to promote student well-being, including healthy relationships that are free from harm like gender-based-violence (GBV). We investigated U.S. SEL policy through the lens of GBV, and how policy in the New York State (NYS) context operates to actualize or constrain SEL aims. To do so, we developed and applied a…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Well Being, Feminism, Violence
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Cprek, Sarah E.; Fisher, Bonnie S.; McDonald, Madelyn J.; McDaniel, Honour M.; Williamson, Lucy; Williams, Corrine M. – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objective: Previous research has found women who experience eight or more Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are 3.5 times as likely to be victims of adult IPV. This study examined the relationship between ACEs and IPV (physical violence, sexual violence, psychological violence, and stalking) among college students. Participants: This study was…
Descriptors: Violence, Interpersonal Relationship, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes
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Cody, Claire; D'Arcy, Kate – Child Care in Practice, 2019
This article draws attention to international evidence that highlights the value and challenges of promoting youth participation among and for young people affected by, or at risk of, sexual violence. The article draws on evidence from two pan-European projects that took place between 2013 and 2017 and aimed to give young people a voice in order…
Descriptors: Violence, Safety, Correlation, Disadvantaged
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Goldschmidt-Gjerløw, Beate – Human Rights Education Review, 2019
Enhancing young learners' knowledge about appropriate and inappropriate sexual behaviour is crucial for the protection of children's rights. This article discusses teachers' understandings of their practices and approaches to the topic of child sexual abuse in Norwegian upper secondary schools, based on phone interviews with 64 social science…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Cultural Influences, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse
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Bryan, Craig J.; McNaugton-Cassill, Mary; Osman, Augustine; Hernandez, Ann Marie – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2013
The associations of various forms of sexual and physical assault with a history of suicide attempts and recent suicide ideation were studied in two distinct samples: active duty military and undergraduate students. A total of 273 active duty Air Force personnel and 309 undergraduate students anonymously completed self-report surveys of assault…
Descriptors: Correlation, Rape, Suicide, Risk
Ridgard, Tamique J.; Laracy, Seth D.; DuPaul, George J.; Shapiro, Edward S.; Power, Thomas J. – Communique, 2015
The mental health field has long recognized the negative consequences associated with a range of traumatic events, including physical assault, sexual assault, natural or man-made disasters, accidents, and medical incidents (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013). The shockingly high prevalence of exposure to violence among America's…
Descriptors: Trauma, Social Justice, Rape, Violence
Finkelhor, David; Ormrod, Richard; Turner, Heather; Hamby, Sherry – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2012
Considerable efforts have been made during the last generation to encourage children and their families to report victimization to authorities. Nonetheless, concern persists that most childhood victimization remains hidden. The 2008 inventory of childhood victimization--the National Study of Children's Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV)--allowed an…
Descriptors: Children, Victims of Crime, Violence, National Surveys
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Looman, Jan; Abracen, Jeffrey – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
Data for both sexual and violent recidivism for the Static-99, Risk Matrix 2000 (RM 2000), Rapid Risk Assessment for Sex Offense Recidivism (RRASOR), and Static-2002 are reported for 419 released sexual offenders assessed at the Regional Treatment Centre Sexual Offender Treatment Program. Data are analyzed by offender type as well as the group as…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Sexual Abuse, At Risk Persons, Violence
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Chilton, Mariana; Rabinowich, Jenny – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2012
The causes and contexts of food insecurity among children in the U.S. are poorly understood because the prevalence of food insecurity at the "child" level is low compared to the prevalence of "household" food insecurity. In addition, caregivers may be reluctant to admit their children may not be getting enough food due to shame…
Descriptors: Food, Hunger, Children, Child Health
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Lipsky, Sherry; Cristofalo, Meg; Reed, Sarah; Caetano, Raul; Roy-Byrne, Peter – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
The objectives of this study were to examine racial and ethnic disparities in perpetrator and incident characteristics and discrepancies between police charges and reported perpetrator behaviors in police-reported intimate partner violence (IPV). This cross-sectional study used standardized police data and victim narratives of IPV incidents…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Violence, Prevention, Public Health
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Wolff, Nancy; Shi, Jing; Bachman, Ronet – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2008
Violence and victimization inside the prison setting are accepted as facts, although the facts about their prevalence remain uncertain. Variation in the methods used to estimate rates of sexual and physical victimization contribute to the wide range in estimates appearing in the prison literature. This article focuses on the questions used in the…
Descriptors: Violence, Child Abuse, Correctional Institutions, Victims of Crime
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Hanson, R. Karl; Morton-Bourgon, Kelly E. – Psychological Assessment, 2009
This review compared the accuracy of various approaches to the prediction of recidivism among sexual offenders. On the basis of a meta-analysis of 536 findings drawn from 118 distinct samples (45,398 sexual offenders, 16 countries), empirically derived actuarial measures were more accurate than unstructured professional judgment for all outcomes…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Sexual Abuse, Prediction, Effect Size
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