CIRCLE OF TRUST ABUSE RESOURCES
These are Circle of Trust Abuse Resources.
Please also see:
Circle of Trust Abuse Articles & Media Reports
Child Sex Tourism || Intrafamilial (Incest) || Male Victims - Journal References
Prostituted Children || General Child Abuse || General Child Sexual Abuse
INFORMATION/RESEARCH
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9th Circuit Rules Vatican Can Be Sued Over Abuse
www.law.com, March 4, 2009
Crimes Against Children by Babysitters
Report from the OJJDP's Juvenile Justice Bulletin, September 2001.
Educator Sexual Misconduct: A Synthesis of Existing Literature
Report from the U.S. Department of Education, 2004.
Protecting Our Students - Executive Summary and Recommendations
Report from the Ontario Ministry of Attorney General, 2000, regarding sexual abuse and exploitation in Canadian schools.
Protecting Your Child in Youth Sports
Tips for parents on protecting their children from predatory coaches and trainers from Sports Illustrated, September 8, 1999.
Scared At School: Sexual Violence Against Girls in South African Schools
Report from Human Rights Watch, March 2001.
Sexual Misconduct by School Employees
Fact sheet and guidelines from the ERIC Digest, December 1999.
Working With Children Check
Guidelines to New South Wales (Australia) legislation applying to
all those working with children and youth, paid employees or volunteers, secular or religious groups. Contains general procedures and downloadable forms which may be valuable to groups in all areas that work with children and want to screen their employees and volunteers.
ORGANIZATIONS/AGENCIES
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Advocate Web
P.O. Box 202961
Austin, TX 78720
www.advocateweb.org
Nonprofit organization providing information and resources to promote awareness and understanding of the issues involved in the exploitation of persons by trusted helping professionals.
Camp Safety Project
6 Crafts Avenue
Northampton, MA 01060
www.campsafetyproject.org
The Camp Safety Project promotes legislation requiring minimum standards for, and background checks on, camp personnel to prevent abuse at camps.
Pokrov.org
Post Office Box 170654
San Francisco, CA 94117
Phone: (415) 820-9645
www.pokrov.org
A resource for survivors of abuse in the orthodox churches.
S.E.S.A.M.E.
(Survivors of Educator Sexual Abuse and Misconduct Emerge)
PO Box 94601
Las Vegas, Nevada 89193-4601
Phone: (702) 371-1290
http://www.sesamenet.org/
A non-profit organization dedicated to informing the public about, and reducing the incidence of, the sexual abuse of students at the hands of teachers and other school staff.
Silent Edge
108 Terrace Drive
Syracuse, NY 13219
www.silent-edge.org
Group working to end sexual abuse and harassment in the figure skating community, also contains general info and resources for harassment and abuse in all youth sports.
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
PO Box 6416
Chicago, IL 60680-6416
Toll-free: 1-877-SNAPHEALS (762-7432)
www.snapnetwork.org
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) is a volunteer self-help organization of survivors of clergy sexual abuse and their supporters.
