a Canadian Centre for Child Protection , Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada.
J Child Sex Abus. 2019 Jan;28(1):46-66. doi: 10.1080/10538712.2018.1477218. Epub 2018 Jun 12.
Studies surrounding the sexual abuse of children by school personnel in Canadian contexts are infrequent and often limited in their scope. The present study addresses this drawback with a contribution of data gathered from disciplinary decisions of educator misconduct, media reports, and published case law concerning child/student sexual abuse cases (between 1997 and 2017) that involved any individual employed (or formerly employed) in a Canadian K-12 school. The study revealed a number of interesting points about the larger student victim and offender demographic patterns and characteristics across Canada. The study found 750 cases involving a minimum of 1,272 students and 714 offenders, 87% of which were male. Moreover, 86% of all offenders were certified teachers, and offenders employed grooming as the main tactic in 70% of the cases. Of the child/student victims, 75% were female, 55% were sexually abused on school property, and more than two-thirds of all victims were in high school at the time the offense was committed. The study also found that excluding Ontario and B.C., the media was the sole source of information for 50-86% of all cases depending on the province/territory. Finally, almost three-quarters of offenders from the study were charged with at least one criminal offense, and of the cases that proceeded to trial, 70% resulted in findings of guilt.
在加拿大背景下，关于学校工作人员对儿童性虐待的研究并不常见，而且范围往往有限。本研究通过收集有关教育工作者不当行为的纪律处分决定、媒体报道以及已公布的涉及儿童/学生性虐待案件（1997年至2017年）的判例法数据，解决了这一缺陷。这些案件涉及在加拿大K-12学校受雇（或曾受雇）的任何个人。该研究揭示了加拿大各地较大规模的学生受害者和犯罪者人口统计模式及特征的一些有趣之处。该研究发现了750起案件，涉及至少1272名学生和714名犯罪者，其中87%为男性。此外，所有犯罪者中有86%是持证教师，70%的案件中犯罪者采用诱骗作为主要手段。在儿童/学生受害者中，75%为女性，55%在学校场所遭受性虐待，所有受害者中超过三分之二在犯罪发生时是高中生。该研究还发现，排除安大略省和不列颠哥伦比亚省，根据省份/地区不同，媒体是所有案件中50%至86%信息的唯一来源。最后，该研究中近四分之三的犯罪者至少被指控一项刑事罪行，在进入审判的案件中，70%的案件判定有罪。
