We have another eye-popping verdict in a child abuse case. Jurors in Riverside County Superior Court recently awarded $135 million to...

A teacher in Tennessee has been arrested for engaging in inappropriate behavior with multiple juvenile victims. Students reported that...

One of the greatest challenges faced by youth organizations is being able to distinguish between positive mentoring and sexual grooming....

Child sexual abuse (CSA) in sports is a serious issue that seems to be ongoing in spite of our best efforts. A recent meta-analysis shed...

We have seen a tendency for youth-servicing organizations (YSOs) to concentrate all of their efforts on preventing sexual predators from...

As we work with youth organizations to draft good child protection policies, we see three very common misconceptions. Youth-serving...

A story from Oklahoma reminds us of an often-forgotten benefit of having solid child protection policies. Police have charged a former...

A news story from Wisconsin illustrates the importance of supervision rules for employees in youth-serving organizations. Wisconsin...

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...