Sexual abuse by men who work with children.
There is a dearth of knowledge about those who sexually abuse children while working in organizations. Here, we adopt a case study approach to examine this problem. We focus on eight adult males who had been imprisoned for abusing a total of 35 children while working in educational and voluntary settings. We provide a detailed account of abusers' characteristics, their strategies, how victims were selected, how trust was secured, and how victims' silence was ensured. Finally, we reflect on the extent to which our work might contribute toward the prevention of this form of abuse.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Matthew
M
Colton
Susan
S
Roberts
Maurice
M
Vanstone
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003219:Confidentiality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D010327:Pastoral Care; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012931:Social Environment; D013663:Teaching / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D035502:Trust; D006113:United Kingdom; D035141:Voluntary Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data