Educator sexual abuse: two case reports.
Sexual abuse by educators has become an increasingly noted type of sexual abuse, especially among adolescents, for two reasons. First, there is a potential for these cases to be silent and prolonged and second, when disclosed, the forensic implications usually include both criminal and/or civil sanctions. For forensic case evaluations, developmental traumatology, or the intersection of the traumatic event(s) at a particular age of the student, is often the evaluating framework. We report on two forensic cases of a female student and a male student to emphasize the dynamics of adolescent sexual victimization, its impact on adolescent development, and evidence-based practice for symptom identification and treatment.
Burgess
Ann Wolbert
AW
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA. burges@bc.edu
Welner
Michael
M
Willis
Danny G
DG
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D003068:Coercion; D057237:Criminals; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D028743:Professional Misconduct; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students