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- Google will add privacy steps for teenagers on its search engine and YouTube (NYTimes, 10 August 2021)
- Apple pushes back against child abuse scanning concerns in new FAQ (The Verge, 09 August 2021)
- Apple to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child-sexual-abuse (Washington Post, 05 August 2021)
- WhatsApp ‘view once’ brings disappearing photos and videos (BBC, 04 August 2021)
- On social media, child sexual abuse material spreads faster than it can be taken down (Fast Company, 14 July 2021)
- Facebook safety features against child exploitation that you should know about (Yahoo!News, 13 July 2021)
- Government of Canada’s Awareness Campaign on Growing Risk of Online Child Sexual Exploitation (Canada, 12 July 2020)
- The net is closing on child sexual abuse images (Wired, 08 July 2021)
- Revised safety and sexual harassment guidance: 8 things you need to know (Schools Week, 06 July 2021)
- Spanking can worsen a child’s behavior and do real harm, study finds (KMove, 29 June 2021)
- Mobile phone ban plan to improve school behaviour (BBC, 29 June 2021)
- “Report Remove” helps young people remove sexual images of themselves online (End Violence, 25 June 2021)
- Child victims of sexual abuse ‘often accused of lying to police’ (The Guardian, 24 June 2021)
- Thacher, a California Prep School, Apologizes for Past Sex Abuse (NYTimes, 18 June 2021)
- The time has come to SHOUT about student sexual harassment (FENews, 16 June 2021)
- Teachers say they have not been given training on tackling peer-on-peer sexual abuse and feel ill-equipped (iNews, 25 May 2021)
- How can we safeguard children and young people’s mental health post-pandemic? (Mental Health Today, 21 May 2021)
- The cost of calling out a ‘rape joke’ (BBC, 17 May 2021)
- Corporal punishment is still common in American schools. Here’s why it should be banned. (USA Today, 13 May 2021)
- Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry told of Perthshire boarding school beatings (BBC, 13 May 2021)
- University of New Hampshire (UNH) Research Estimates 1.4 Million Children Have Yearly Violence-Related Medical Visits (UNH, 11 May 2021)
- UNM Children’s Hospital sees uptick in reports of child abuse as schools reopen (Koat Action News, 7 May 2021)
- Child abuse hotline calls and texts rose during the pandemic. Here’s how to help (CNN Health, 5 May 2021)
- ‘Houses of horror’: Child sex abuse in Indonesia’s schools (Al Jazeera, 28 April 2021)
- Prevention program played key role in exposing alleged abuse at Hilton school (WXXI, 20 April 2021)
- NSPCC child abuse helpline has record call numbers in pandemic (BBC, 15 April 2021)
- Spain passes child abuse law backed by UK pianist (BBC, 15 April 2021)
- DfE warns schools could be closed over ‘rape culture’ claims (The Guardian, 28 March 2021)
- How UK schoolgirls finally found voice to tell of sexual abuse (The Guardian, 28 March 2021)
- Children have lost more than a third of their school year to the pandemic (Save the Children, 2 March 2021)
- New research shows parents are major producers of child sexual abuse material (The Conversation, 19 Feb 2021)
- Half of men have had unwanted sexual experiences, UK study finds (The Guardian, 16 Feb 2021)
- Female sexual abusers increasingly reported but rarely prosecuted (BBC, Jan2021)
- Therapeutic ‘scared straight’ programs may be abusive and cause lasting damage to children (NYT, Jan 2021)
- Survivor of abuse by coach demands more robust school response than dismissal (SanJose, Jan 2021)
- US Soccer failed to follow organizational policies in sexual abuse of 11-year-old by coach (KTLA, Dec 2020)
- Pornhub child abuse content results in sanctions and calls for conversations with children (NYT, Dec 2020)
- EU data privacy legislation colliding with online child protection reporting (NYT, Dec 2020)
- South Africa: rise in reporting as case numbers on educator misconduct released (IOL, Dec 2020)
- COVID pandemic sees global rise in child suicide (WaPo, Nov 2020)
- US scouting receives 90,000 allegations of child sexual abuse (ABC News, Nov 2020)
- Problematic portrayal of teen sexting in media lacks nuanced understanding of risks (LSE, Nov 2020)
- UK: latest IICSA report details lessons learned from institutional safeguarding ‘failures’ (BBC, Oct 2020)
- Nigeria: strategies needed to make required child protection policies domesticated in schools (All Africa, Sept 2020)
- Educators bury case at ‘request’ of student athletes but survivors struggle with recovery (Federal Way, Sept 2020)
- Adapting abuse prevention education to remote learning environments (CIS Perspectives Blog, Sept 2020)
- Canada: 80pc increase in online abuse and gaming livestream luring indicate need for education of 8-12-year-olds (C3P, Sept 2020)
- Physical abuse documented during lockdown indicate adolescents at increased risk (Guardian, Aug 2020)
- US: as reporting sinks 62%, cases of severe physical abuse injuries and fatalities doubles (York Daily Record, Aug 2020)
- Japan: schools and students with COVID battered by abuse on social media (Japan Times, Aug 2020)
- Addressing student experiences of peer-on-peer abuse (CIS Perspectives blog, Aug 2020)
- Singapore: adult targets 12-year-old online resulting in shared sexual images and rape (Strait Times, Aug 2020)
- How a teacher hid his sexual offences against children for 30 years (Spectrum, July 2020)
- Liability in US for teachers and boards in sexual misconduct cases (Lawyers.com, July 2020)
- US: Daisy Coleman, survivor advocate of abuse prevention in schools, takes own life (BBC, July 2020)
- UK inquiry reveals name changes common in some countries following allegations of sexual abuse (SKY, July 2020)
- Notes on a Silencing Excerpt: survivor recounts events following sexual assault (NYT, July 2020)
- Pandemic results in PTSD in children (IBTimes, June 2020)
- Abuse at home pushed child out of lockdown (SKYnews, June 2020)
- Iran: significant changes to criminalization of child abuse following widespread condemnation of teen’s murder (NYT, June 2020)
- Investigator shares what online grooming looks and feels like during COVID Lockdown (BBC video, June 2020)
- China: Calls for stricter penalties for educator sexual misconduct answered (Global Times, June 2020)
- Online predators targeting children during Coronavirus lockdown (Guardian, May 2020)
- US: Controversial new Title IX rules bolster rights of those accused of sexual abuse (CNN, May 2020)
- India: Teen Instagram group promotes sexual abuse of younger children (BBC, May 2020)
- Survivor recounts long term impact of emotional abuse by coach (NYT, May 2020)
- Expert on how parents should speak to children about sexting (NYT, Apr 2020)
- Why educators are essential to child abuse prevention (CfC blog, Apr 2020)
- US: Preventing abuse by teachers during online learning (VOSD, Apr 2020)
- China: victims increasingly coming forward about sexual abuse by teachers (SupChina, Apr 2020)
- Staying connected to your school community during closure (The Key, Apr 2020)
- Key messages for parents to share with children to prevent abuse (NYT, Apr 2020)
- UK National Crime Agency report highlights risks to children during crisis (Guardian, Apr 2020)
- UK reports fatalities from domestic abuse more than double during lockdown (Guardian, Apr 2020)
- FBI issues guidance on keeping children safe online during pandemic (FBI press release, Apr 2020)
- I am not a virus: school support of children of color experiencing discrimination related to Covid-19 (KDSLglobal, Apr 2020)
- China: widespread anger erupts over teen’s treatment after reporting sexual abuse (NYT, Apr2020)
- Loss of teachers as mandatory reporters enables more harm to children (NYT, Apr 2020)
- Report finds principal failed to sufficiently investigate teacher’s sexual misconduct (MassLive, Apr 2020)
- Increase in online sexual abuse during pandemic reported by Europol (EdX, Apr 2020)
- Trauma-informed approach to teaching during Coronavirus (WaPo, Mar 2020)
- Spike in online grooming expected by reporting agencies (IWF, Mar 2020)
- Child protection concerns during Covid-19 (National Press, Mar 2020)
- Don’t let children become collateral damage during crisis (Law.com, Mar 2020)
- Adapting to new learning environments: protecting student well-being during crisis response (CIS, Mar 2020)
- Survivor of sexual abuse describes insufficient response to educator grooming behavior (Omaha World Herald, Mar 2020)
- Spain: UK pianist and CSA survivor, James Rhodes, champions new legislation supporting victims (BBC, Feb 2020)
- India: 5-year-old raped by driver on US Embassy grounds (BBC, Feb 2020)
- Chat apps: New report identifies high-risk social media ‘roulette’ style apps used by children available across app stores (WAPO, Jan 2020)
- Live streaming: What professionals need to know (CEOP, Jan 2020)
- Advice for professionals on how to support LGBTQ youth safety online (ThinkUKnow, Jan 2020)
- China: Parenting blogger apologizes for post advocating abuse (Sixthtone, Jan 2020)
- China: Evidence retention critical to avoid defamation charges against sexual abuse victims (NYT, Jan 2020)
- International Athletic Directors survey says child protection and professional development top concerns (Coach & AD, Dec 2020)
- Advice for parents to avoid online harm caused by ‘sharenting’ (Fast Company, Dec 2019)
- Gaming and online chats are ‘hunting grounds’ for offenders seeking children (NYT, Dec 2019)
- Tips for appropriate, GDPR compliant photography of student events (Independent Education Today, Dec 2019)
- Rampant abuse documented in Afghanistan schools (NYT, Nov 2019)
- (Video) Speaking frankly: US institutional response to sexual abuse under Title IX insufficient (CBSN, Nov 2019)
- Australian survey indicates gaps in teacher training as problematic sexual behaviors (PSB) on rise (Education Matters, Nov 2019)
- South Africa: podcast of journalist’s unfolding investigation into teacher who abused him (24News and My Only Story, Nov 2019)
- Impact of secondary traumatic stress on educators (NEA, Oct 2019)
- Female teacher’s grooming of student was unsubstantiated by principal (MassLive, Oct 2019)
- Warning from a parent about extremist recruitment online (NYT, Oct 2019)
- Alumna speaks to current students on impact of historic abuse (Washington Post, Oct 2019)
- West Africa – lecturers sexual grooming of students caught on camera (BBC, Oct 2019)
- Kenya’s ‘talking boxes’ help girls disclose and recover from abuse (BBC, Oct 2019)
- BBC launches digital wellbeing app to encourage children to monitor relationships for abuse (BBC, Sept 2019)
- Explosion of online sexual abuse material: 6 takeaways from NYT investigation (NYT, Sept 2019)
- Africa: Creating safe schools webinar and education portal tour (AISA Webinar Series, Sept 2019)
- Investigations into educator abuse in US vary wildly (Voice of San Diego, Sept 2019)
- The expectations of leadership: a clear lead (Erooga, Sept 2019)
- Parents are not doing enough to keep their children safe online (AAP study, Sept 2019)
- Oman: How child protection law works (Times of Oman, Aug 2019)
- How making sports safer through Title IX protections improved sports performance internationally (IOC, July 2019)
- Safe Sport Initiative (IOC)
- Upward trend noted in peer-on-peer abuse in UK (Guardian, June 2019)
- ‘Sexting’ among children on rise, complicating identification of child pornography (ABC, May 2019)
- School failed to protect students from classmate with double rape charge (TES, May 2019)
- Social media creates evidence trail of educator sexual misconduct (Dayton Daily News, May 2019)
- Oman training teachers for key role in child protection (Times of Oman, May 2019)
- Hong Kong schools address rise in sexual abuse and ‘corporal punishment’ (SCMP, April 2019)
- Child advocates strongly caution educators and parents about abuse prevention video Breck’s Last Game (PSHE Assoc., April 2019)
- Boy Scouts of America trial reveals more than 3,000 volunteers offended against more than 12,000 children (CNN, April 2019)
- Bangladesh: student who disclosed abuse by headmaster burned alive, thousands protest (BBC, April 2019)
- India bans TikTok (formerly Musically) for illicit content, others expected to follow suit (TechCrunch, April 2019)
- Global task force targets online sexual abuse in Philippines (Reuters, April 2019)
- UK proposes mandatory ‘duty of care’ for online providers in toughest proposed legislation on online abuse (UK Gov, April 2019)
- Process for Child Protection in Japan (Japan Times, March 2019)
- Account of sexual hazing in sport (WAPO, March 2019)
- Breast ironing awareness needed where West African girls might be at risk (BBC, March 2019)
- It’s dangerous to be a boy (NYT, March 2019)
- Children object to parents posting images without consent (BBC, March 2019)
- Latest civil filing over allegations of sexual abuse at JIS (widely believed to be unsubstantiated) (iNews, Feb 2019)
- Social media and texts have fueled numerous cases of teacher misconduct (Voice of San Diego, Feb 2019)
- Instagram top app for child grooming cases in UK says NSPCC (BBC, Feb 2019)
- Japanese school yields to legal threat, disclosing child’s abuse complaint to offending parent (BBC, Feb 2019)
- Prevent abuse of special needs children: advice for parents (eparent, Jan 2019)
- #ENDviolence in schools global study (UNICEF, Jan 2019)
- How do new accreditation standards affect schools’ child protection procedures and practices? (CIS Perspectives blog, Jan 2019)
- Charity reports one-third increase over last year in websites depicting abuse of children (IWF, Jan 2019)
- Arrest of child predator who groomed children on Fortnite game chat (BBC, Jan 2019)
- South Korean sports communities address physical and sexual abuse claims (NYT, Jan 2019)
- Switzerland: spike in FBI referrals for child pornography (CSAM) downloads (SwissInfo, Jan 2019)
- Report on African community attitudes towards physical punishment (AFRUCA, Jan 2019)
- Schools’ response to abusive sports rituals faces public reckoning in wake of #MeToo (BBC, Jan 2019)
- Intimate teacher-student relationship reevaluated as unprofessional (Chicago Tribune, Jan 2019)
- We’re teaching consent all wrong (EdWeek, Jan 2019)
- Philippines amends legislation to include electronic abuse in child protection act (Manila Bulletin, Dec 2018)
- India proposes national requirements for code of conduct policy in wake of horrific institutional abuse (The Hindu, Dec 2018)
- US study finds issuing report cards on Friday increases physical abuse (NYT, Dec 2018)
- Combating adolescent sexual violence by addressing situational factors (Psychology Today, Dec 2018)
- When schools use mandatory reporting as a weapon against parents (Hechinger Report, Dec 2018)
- Betrayed: exposé on all aspects of how Chicago Public Schools mishandled sexual abuse of students (Chicago Tribune, Nov 2018)
- 6 tips from an expert on ID verification when hiring (SecEd, Nov 2018)
- Child protection in UAE, schools doing more but reporting is obligation of all (Nation, Nov 2018)
- In Canada sexual hazing assaults prompt outcry over private school’s response (BBC, Nov 2018)
- Video: Principal discusses how concerns came to light (CBC, Nov 2018)
- UK school pays damages following case of peer abuse (Guardian, Nov 2018)
- A challenge issued: what I will no longer be doing when it comes to child protection (CIS Perspectives, Nov 2018)
- Child protection now a ‘non-negotiable’ for UK registered charities and international youth-serving organizations (Farrer & Co, Oct 2018)
- More than Me: lack of child protection fosters abuse at non-profit schools in Liberia (NPR, Oct 2018)
- Hotline calls from victims of peer abuse up 30% over previous year (Guardian, Oct 2018)
- Senegal struggles to combat sexual abuse by teachers (Human Rights Watch, Oct 2018)
- Kenya halts registration of new orphanages, considers ban on involvement of foreigners (Daily Nation, Oct 2018)
- NSPCC Learning site launched for child-serving professionals (NSPCC, Oct 2018)
- Google Europe offers organizations online image content search to identify/remove child sexual abuse images (CSAM) (Google, Sept 2018)
- Supporting teachers with vicarious trauma (HGSE, Sept 2018)
- Introduction to new protocol for managing allegations of child abuse by educators and other adults (Farrer & Co, Sept 2018)
- Results of new US national study on teens’ social media habits (Common Sense Media, Sept 2018)
- Support provided to UK schools for required relationships and sex education (SecEd, Sept 2018)
- Illegal FGM leaves 50 girls in hospital in Burkina Faso (BBC, Sept 2018)
- Slippery slope of inappropriate student attachment (Voice of San Diego, Sept 2018)
- Contraction of US Title IX expected to ‘substantially decrease’ school costs and obligation to investigate sexual harassment and abuse (NYT, Sept 2018)
- Singapore considers strong legislative protections for children under 18 experiencing sexual abuse (Singapore Law Watch, Sept 2018)
- Five teachers arrested in one week for child abuse material as UK calls for tech firms to do more (The Guardian, Sept 2018)
- Do anonymous tip lines or reporting apps work? (EdWeek, Aug 2018)
- UK teacher barred for inappropriate sexual comments to colleagues and students (BBC, Aug 2018)
- Star teacher’s sexual harassment now seen as abusive (Washington Post, Aug 2018)
- Australian law to address orphanage trafficking may have implications for school outreach programs (E-International Relations, Aug 2018)
- Men talk about why they don’t report sexual abuse and why #UsToo matters (NYT, Aug 2018)
- US elementary principals: child protection among top concerns, ‘extreme’ need for professional development (EdWeek, Aug) 2018
- Independent review of Scottish Football Association calls for culture change and finds ‘inadequate’ child protection (Guardian, Aug 2018)
- Japan rocked by failed response to parental neglect and physical abuse (Reuters, July 2018)
- Social media platform tested in Mali in response to UNSC resolution requiring facilitated communication between stakeholders around child protection (DevDiscourse, July 2018)
- A teacher reflects on the cost of learning what you don’t know (Worldview blog, July 2018)
- Australia starts national redress scheme for survivors of institutional abuse (BBC, July 2018)
- Brazilian CSA survivor jails her offender (in Portuguese) (BBC, July 2018)
- India: response to disabled child’s abuse highlights reasons CSA reporting stands at 1% (NYT, July 2018)
- Growing alarm over unregulated children’s video streaming services (Ted Talk, June 2018)
- How do Indian parents talk to their children about abuse? (BBC, June 2018)
- Online grooming through social networks and gaming platforms increases worldwide child trafficking (Straits Times, June 2018)
- 2300 arrested in US for online facilitated child sexual abuse following 25,000 tips over 3 month period (WTOP, June 2018)
- Growing gender equity and #MeToo supports disclosure in Hong Kong (South China Morning Post, June 2018)
- The Legacy of Childhood Trauma (New Yorker, June 2018)
- UK national inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA) publishes interim report, predicting more legal responsibility for institutions (IICSA, June 2018)
- Research on female offenders
- Characteristics of school employee sexual misconduct (Magnolia Consulting, June 2018)
- Motivation of female teacher abusers examined (MedicalXPress, June 2018)
- Survivor trauma from female offenders equals or exceeds that of male offenders (MedicalXPress, June 2018)
- When the stories feel too hard to teach: abuse survivor on teaching about abuse (EdWeek blog, June 2018)
- Supreme Court upholds dismissal of British school leader for of lack of appropriate child protection concern (Farrer & Co, June 2018)
- US report finds most ed-tech products used by schools fail to meet marketing and moderating minimum standards (EdWeek Market Brief, May 2018)
- *UK updates statutory guidance for schools on child protection (KCSIE) and peer abuse (SVSH) (Farrer & Co, May 2018)
- *See Risk Management for full updated guidance
- Despite child protection laws, children re-traumatized due to untrained professionals and attitudes of public
- Malaysia: child advocate outlines reasons strong legislation fails to protect (The Malaysia Insight, Sept 2018)
- Kenya: government guidance highlights need for MDTs and more parental knowledge to protect children online (Daily Nation, July 2018)
- Ireland: lack of trained professionals and MDTs adds to trauma (Irish Examiner, June 2018)
- Sierra Leone: victims of sexual abuse blamed and excluded from education (All Africa, May 2018)
- India, Tamil Nadu: POCSO fails children, professional training needed (The Hindu, May 2018)
- United States: lack of compliance with federal provisions results in ‘passing the trash’ (NPR, April 2018)
- UK study shows unrestricted, unsupervised access to phones, webcams is serious risk to children under 13 (IWF, May 2018)
- Break the cycle of abusive parenting (Gulf News, May 2018)
- Age restrictions changing in EU due to GDPR: WhatsApp minimum age 16 (Childnet, BBC May 2018)
- Teaching teens about boundary violations helps them cope with relationship abuse (NYT, April 2018)
- UK threatens social media firms with legislation for not keeping children safe online (BBC, April 2018)
- UC Berkeley Study indicates 57% of Google ‘designed for family’ children’s apps violate Coppa privacy laws (The Guardian, April 2018))
- JAMA report indicates teen ‘sexting’ on increase, advises on preventative conversations for parents (NYT, April 2018)
- Changes to consent laws for minors in France proposed: some feel they don’t go far enough (NYT, April 2018)
- Convicted Australian sex offender on run 20 years found-in an international school in Rio (The Australian, April 2018)
- YouTube ‘broke child protection laws’ says complaint (BBC, April 2018)
- Reflection on CIS Child Protection Training (Mandarin and English below) (yule.sohu.com, April 2018)
- One take on what the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) laws mean for children (London School of Economics blog, April 2018)
- Shocking scale of sexual abuse in UK boarding schools revealed by documentary (ITV, March 2018)
- Free Child Protection Fundamentals course offered to charities working with schools for limited time (EduCare, March 2018)
- Following sexting scandal, China’s Communist Youth League works with video platform giant Bilibili to launch ‘protection center’ in May (Sixth Tone, March 2018)
- Canadian Survivors’ Survey: results of ongoing nationwide survey of survivors of recorded childhood sexual abuse (Canadian Centre for Child Protection, Sept 2017)
- ECPAT/INTERPOL study: boys and young victims at greater risk in severe online sexual exploitation materials (ECPAT, March 2018)
- Social media users in China uncover and report child predator rings (Global Times, Feb 2018)
- Lawsuit: school ignored red flags before student abduction by teacher (AP, Jan 2018)
- Making schools an oasis of safety: superintendent fosters climate of prevention through community outreach (EdWeek, Feb 2018)
- Hong Kong advocate says ‘violence is not parenting’ as abuse cases rise (South China Morning Post, Feb 2018)
- UAE gets tough on child abuse: zero tolerance policy and reporting protocols detailed (Gulf News, Nov 2017)
- Obligation of staff to report peer-on-peer threats leads to barrage of legal issues following school shooting (EdWeek, Feb 2018)
- Countries work together to find and convict sadistic online predator who blackmailed children into abuse (Independent, Feb 2018)
- School reaches $80 million settlement including a ‘recovery fund’ following decades of abuse (KHON, Feb 2018)
- US Congress to vote on stronger organizational responses to preventing sexual abuse (CBS News, Jan 2018)
- Full wording of Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse Act of 2017 (Congress.gov)
- What do schools teach about sexual harassment? (EdWeek, Jan 2018)
- Focus on what Michigan State knew: demand for investigation of abuse reporting (NYT, Jan 2018)
- Survivor tells organizations that sheltered abuser, it’s your turn to listen to me (Time, Jan 2018)
- University faces victims: today is about your story, MSU/Nassar (The Detroit News, Jan 2018)
- Larry Nassar: a trail of sexual abuse in schools, homes, and sports facilities (The Detroit News, Jan 2018)
- Student complaints about teen classroom helper not heeded (The Gazette, Jan 2018)
- Facebook reports youths now charged in Denmark for distributing sexually explicit material (BBC, Jan 2018)
- India launches portal for reporting online abuse (The Hindu, Jan 2018)
- Spotlighting Problem of Sexual Assault in Schools #MeTooK12 (EdWeek, Jan 2018)
- Snapchat and schools – monitoring what students post online (Most viewed EdWeek video of 2017, PBS News Hour)
- Why Indonesian activists are defending JIS teachers jailed for sexual abuse (SEAsia Globe, Jan 2018)
- Indonesian maid charged for streaming video of children bathing: cultural differences blamed (BBC, Dec 2017)
- China Education Ministry ‘lays down the law’: schools must respond to peer-on-peer abuse (Sixth Tone, Dec 2017)
- Australia Royal Commission issues 17 volume final report of five year study into institutional responses to child sexual abuse (The Guardian, Dec 2017)
- Official website of final report (includes reports, research, recommendations, and case studies)
- Report preface and executive summary
- International Megan’s Law: US passports of child sex offenders will note their convictions (NYT, Nov 2017)
- How a school committed to child protection training in Arabic to meet the needs of its community (CIS Perspectives, Nov 2017)
- My life after sexual assault: Diana Nyad writes powerfully on abuse and disclosure (NYT, Nov 2017)
- ‘Outing’ by teachers puts LGBTQ students at risk in Japan (LGBTQ Institute, Aug 2017)
- NAIS/TABS Task Force addresses educator sexual misconduct (Keeping Tabs blog, Aug 2017)
- Series on peer abuse in US schools, including case studies (AP, May 2017)
- Peer-on-peer sexual assaults in sports minimized as ‘hazing’ (AP/CBS News, May 2017)
- Former Penn State president found guilty in Sandusky abuse case (New York Times, March 2017)
- Study across 10 countries finds best approach for Sex and Relationship Education (SRE) (Time, Sept 2016)
- International school teacher’s offending profiled (Japan Times, May 2016)