The Prevalence of Sexual Abuse by K-12 School Personnel in Canada, 1997–2017

ABSTRACT

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.     

The School Success Profile Online

SUMMARY

This article provides an overview of the purposes, development, and implementation of the School Success Profile Online (SSP)–a computerized, self-report survey for middle and high school students. The SSP takes advantage of World Wide Web technology and the increasing access of public schools to computers and the Internet to assess students' perceptions of their neighborhoods, schools, peers, and families, as well as their own psychological and physical health and school performance. The individual and group profiles generated by the SSP can help school social workers identify areas of concern, plan their interventions with students, and evaluate the impact of their efforts at the end of interventions.     

秦皇岛市高中生体育消费行为的调查

通过秦皇岛市5所高中621名学生的调查问卷,对高中生的体育消费行为进行调查。结果表明,秦皇岛市高中生体育消费的年级差异显著,在消费动机方面性别差异显著。高中生的体育消费受到家庭、学校、媒体信息等多种因素的影响。     

区域经济发展背景下高职院校专业对接产业的策略

高职院校专业与区域产业具有一种互融共生的关系。高职院校专业对接产业是优化专业结构、提升专业内涵、培育专业特色的一条重要途径。文章主要从产业发展的视角,探讨高职院校专业对接产业的基本依据,分析专业对接产业的主要内容,提出专业对接产业的机制保障,以期从行动策略的层面为高职院校提升专业服务产业的能力提供参考。     

An Empirical Examination of Sexual Relations Between Adolescents and Adults

SUMMARY

The American view that adolescent-adult sexual relations are by definition “child sexual abuse” has spread throughout the Western world and reshaped public policy. This paper, originally presented as a talk, examines the scientific validity of this view. A historical perspective traces the conflation of the adolescent experience with rape, incest, and that of the young, prepubescent child. Biological and cognitive perspectives support the view that adolescents have more in common with adults than children. Sweeping claims that adolescents react as children are said to is critically tested by examining two types of relations-those between heterosexual teenage boys and women and those between gay or bisexual teenage boys and men. Non-clinical empirical data show overwhelmingly that such relations are characterized mostly by positive reactions based on consent if not initiative on the part of the minor, with perceived benefit rather than harm as a correlate. It is concluded that the American view is false, and that public policy that heightens official reaction to such relations, such as that currently proposed by the European Union, are either misinformed or disingenuous in alleging to protect when the motive is to control adolescents.     

基于高频数据的风险值度量IVar方法综述

IVar估计是基于高频金融数据的分笔数据构造风险测量的方法。IVar的估计依赖两个步骤：首先根据分笔数据信息以及假定的交易间持续期和交易收益的联合分布,得到10g—ACD模型和扩展的UHF—GARCH模型;根据这两个模型,利用蒙特卡罗方法构造测量风险的指标IVar的估计,并详细给出这两个步骤中的计算细节。     

On the moment generating functions for integer valued random variables

Abstract

In this note, we give explicit expressions of moment generating functions for integer valued random variables in both univariate and multivariate cases, which extend the results obtained by Nadarajah and Mitov [Communications in Statistics–Theory and Methods, 32, 2003, 47–60] and more recently by Chakraborti, Jardim and Epprecht [The American Statistician, 2017], Kwong and Nadarajah [Communications in Statistics–Theory and Methods, 2017]. Some examples are also discussed.     

江苏农村校车管理运营的问题与对策研究

江苏省农村校车管理运营存在很多问题,结合江苏省农村具体情况,研究确立符合江苏省农村校车特点与规律的管理思想,运用全寿命周期管理理论可以建立符合江苏农村校车实际情况的运营管理模式;从法律、市场准入、职能部门建立、教育布局与校车需求分析、运营模式的确定、营运安全监管等六个方面探讨校车运营模式的构建,可以提高江苏省农村校车的安全规范和管理水平。     

“教学本位”的前提是“教师本位”——从浙江大学设立“E津贴”谈起

浙江大学设立“E津贴”是为了回归“教学本位”,让更多教师用心从事教学。然而,“E津贴”是站在“行政本位”立场促进教师发展的外因,还没有站在“教师本位”立场深入到教师主体性这个内因,预期效果不容乐观。大学要回归“教学本位”,靠的不仅仅是对教师外在的奖励,还要尊重教师的主体性与发挥教师的主动性,引导教师从被动发展走向主动发展,从注重外职业生涯发展走向注重内职业生涯发展,建设超功利的教师文化,最终促进“教学本位”的回归。     

全球化视域下中外合作办学路径思考

全球化发展的背景下,合作办学成为实现教育全球化及提升教育综合能力、推动教育可持续发展的一项重要办学模式。尽管中外合作办学已逐渐走向成熟,但在教学效果评估、教育资源整合、教育主权把握等方面仍存在着突出问题。因此,要在教学模式上、教学理念上和教学管理上推陈出新,寻求发展。