A North Carolina system learned the hard way that one of its employees was shirking responsibilities and faking work reports. After a...

The UK’s report on child sexual abuse in a number of religious institutions has been released. Like most such reports, it’s tough...

One universal component of child protection policies is some level of education for the children themselves. Most off-the-shelf policies...

An interesting study from Israel illustrates one of the core flaws that I have found in mandated reporting laws, which is that the...

A school teacher in Colorado has been arrested for sexual misconduct on campus, and his employer may or may not have conducted adequate...

A judge has dismissed a school district from a civil lawsuit alleging that a teacher initiated a sexual relationship with a student. The...

A teacher found herself sentenced to jail after a jury acquitted her of a sexual relationship with a student, but convicted her of...

One of the big problems in social science research is the “replication crisis.” Many famous studies have results that later researchers...

One unanticipated result of Georgia's abolishing its child abuse registry last fall is that many youth serving organizations no longer...

A Chicago social services agency faces a nightmare scenario after learning that one of its star staff members has been accused of being a...

One popular, and many believe essential, component of child protection policies is a prevention program geared toward children.  In these...

Johns Hopkins has published a new guide to preventing child sexual abuse.  I have not had time to read it all the way through, but it...