Robert Catherine E, Thompson David P
a Educational Leadership and Policy Studies , The University of Texas at Arlington , Arlington , TX , USA.
b Educational Leadership and Policy Studies , The University of Texas at San Antonio , San Antonio , TX , USA.
J Child Sex Abus. 2019 Jan;28(1):7-25. doi: 10.1080/10538712.2018.1476999. Epub 2018 May 24.
The purpose of this research is to describe Texas educator sexual misconduct (ESM) by examining 8 years of sanctions issued to educators (N = 1415) for either sexual misconduct or inappropriate relationships with students or minors. We first examine Texas ESM from the perspective of quality database construction and then describe the demographic characteristics of educators sanctioned for ESM between 2008 and 2016. Differences in the demographic characteristics of educators sanctioned for ESM vary according to the definition of ESM employed by the state education agency. Younger and early career educators are more likely to engage in inappropriate relationships with students or minors, whereas older and later-career teachers are more likely to engage in sexual misconduct as that term is defined by the state education agency. Over one-third of educators sanctioned for ESM were either new to the profession or new to their school district when sanctioned. Recommendations are offered for database construction, policy, and practice.
本研究的目的是通过审查对教育工作者（N = 1415）因性行为不端或与学生或未成年人的不当关系而实施的8年制裁，来描述得克萨斯州教育工作者的性行为不端（ESM）情况。我们首先从高质量数据库建设的角度审视得克萨斯州的ESM，然后描述2008年至2016年因ESM受到制裁的教育工作者的人口统计学特征。因ESM受到制裁的教育工作者的人口统计学特征差异因州教育机构采用的ESM定义而异。年轻和处于职业生涯早期的教育工作者更有可能与学生或未成年人建立不当关系，而年长和处于职业生涯后期的教师更有可能实施州教育机构所定义的性行为不端行为。超过三分之一因ESM受到制裁的教育工作者在受到制裁时要么是该职业的新手，要么是其学区的新手。针对数据库建设、政策和实践提出了建议。
