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What schools can do to reduce the risk that teachers and other educators will sexually abuse children

  • Written by David Finkelhor, Professor of Sociology, University of New Hampshire
No one knows how widespread this problem is.WSW1985/Shutterstock.com

There’s no shortage of reports about American teachers and other school staff getting arrested for allegedly sexually abusing one or more children.

For example, a high school volleyball coach and algebra teacher in Oklahoma was arrested for first-degree rape in January after...

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