美国童子军"变态"档案:与访问和滥用有关的结构因素
Mitchell B Mackinem1, Deborah Laufersweiler-Dwyer1
1Wingate University, NC, USA.
Journal of interpersonal violence
|February 29, 2024
概括
美国童子军 (BSA) 内部的组织缺陷使领导人能够对儿童进行性虐待. 对不符合条件的志愿者 (IV) 档案的研究揭示了六个关键的结构性弱点,这些弱点促进了这种滥用,促使改革.
科学领域:
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 组织心理学 组织心理学
- 儿童保护研究 儿童保护研究
背景情况:
- 美国童子军 (BSA) 不合格志愿者 (IV) 文件提供了一个独特的数据集,用于分析导致儿童性受害的组织因素.
- 之前的研究由于其敏感性和可访问性挑战,未充分利用这一数据集.
研究的目的:
- 确定BSA内部的特定组织特征,这些特征促进了志愿者领导人对儿童的性虐待.
- 应用情境犯罪理论模型来理解组织内部的滥用机制.
主要方法:
- 从BSA的IV档案 (1980-1999) 中随机抽取140个病例进行了分析.
- 案件被过,只包括那些有记录的侦察受害者,导致48个可用案例.
- 检查了侦察文件和公共记录 (警察报告,诉讼) 的数据.
主要成果:
- 确定了六个BSA特定的结构特征,使滥用成为可能:事件报告薄弱,信息审查不足,合法的一对一联系,志愿者不平衡,与保护性成年人分离,以及作为防御的社会地位.
- 描述性统计和案例研究说明了这些特征是如何促进受害的.
结论:
- 美国银行的历史性结构性弱点为性虐待创造了机会.
- 诉讼迫使BSA承认过去的问题,并实施预防措施,解决这些确定的特征,以加强青少年保护.
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