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Terry, Troy M. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2020
Fifty years ago, John G. Davis published an article on Teacher Dismissal on grounds of immorality and the "new morality" of the 1970s. While much has changed in terms of morality and moral turpitude in 50 years, this article reviews the current case law and reasons teachers continue to be fired today over issues of immorality and sexual…
Descriptors: Teacher Dismissal, Moral Values, Social Change, Sexuality
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Chang, Kimberly S. G.; Lee, Kevin; Park, Terrence; Sy, Elizabeth; Quach, Thu – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2015
Introduction: Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC), which encompasses acts of domestic minor sex trafficking, is a hidden problem in the U.S. that affects an estimated 300,000 children. Significant health impacts to victims include violence, substance abuse, mental illness, sexually transmitted diseases, and unintended pregnancy.…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Sexual Abuse, Primary Health Care, Health Services
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Walters, Jim; Davis, Patricia H. – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2011
Human trafficking and various other forms of child sexual exploitation on the United States-Mexico border are described from social science and law enforcement perspectives, including current laws and definitions, case examples, and descriptions of victims and traffickers. The Southern Border Initiative of the AMBER Alert Project is outlined as…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sexual Abuse, Crime, Slavery
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Bates, Andrew; Metcalf, Caroline – Journal of Sexual Aggression, 2007
This paper compares psychometric test assessments of 39 men convicted of internet sex offences with 39 convicted of contact offences against a specific victim. Higher rates of socially desirable responding were identified in the internet group, as well as higher rates of emotional loneliness and under assertiveness, although the latter two…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Personality Problems, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on the Judiciary. – 1977
These House hearings deal with a number of similar bills prohibiting the sexual exploitation of children and the transporting in interstate and foreign commerce of photographs of film depicting such exploitation. These practices, including physical sexual abuse of children of both sexes and all ages, are seen to be proliferating. The hearings…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Crime, Federal Legislation
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Waryold, Diane M. – New Directions for Student Services, 1996
Forming positive working relationships with the legal and law enforcement communities early in one's campus judicial affairs career can prevent difficulties in handling cases of a sensitive nature such as cases of sexual assault. (Author)
Descriptors: Accountability, College Students, Crime, Crime Prevention