NCJ Number
232051
Journal
Journal of Child Sexual Abuse Volume: 19 Issue: 4 Dated: July/August 2010 Pages: 387-402
Date Published
July 2010
Length
16 pages
Annotation
This article presents two forensic cases of adolescent student sexual victimization by a teacher to emphasize the dynamics of the victimization and its impact on adolescent development.
Abstract
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/events at a particular age of the student, is often the evaluating framework. This study reported 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. References (Published Abstract)