Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
14th ISPCAN European Regional Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Bucuresti, Romanya, 27 - 30 Eylül 2015, ss.1
Abstract
Objectives:
Teachers are one of the confidential person in the community
who work at an environment very close to children. Teachers who sexually abuse students,
cause negative impact at perception of children safety in the community. Survey
studies represented that %38 of students being sexually harassed by teachers or
school employees. Also in studies, the school established %44 of abuse sites
and teachers represented the largest occupational group of sexual abusers(%29).
The main purpose of this presentation is to represent demografic profile of teacher
offenders and their student victims so that governor set out awereness programs
to keep children safe at the school.
Methods:
This study has consisted of a retrospective case reports
that evaluate clinical and juridicial files of nine children who were abused by
their teacher. The cases were raised from 295 sexual abuse cases whose
assessment had been concluded between 2012 and 2013 at the Child Protection
Center of Marmara University.
Results:
There were six offenders and nine victims. All offenders
were male and all victims were female. Victims’s age were between 6 and 17.
Eight of nine cases’s crime scenes were at school. One case’s crime scene was out
of school. Most of the offending types were kissing, fondling of genital area
and touching of breast. Anxiety disorder in five victims, post traumatic stress
disorder in three victims and acute stress disorder in one victim was diagnosed
according with DSM-IV criteria.
Conclusion
Sexually abused student by teacher is not uncommon. This
study helps to raise public awareness about children safety . To keep the
children safe in school, more in depth studies on this subject are needed.
Key Words: Children Safety, Sexual Abuse, Teacher Offender