History of child sex abuse statutes of limitation reform in the United States 2002-2021

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dc.contributor.authorHamilton, Marci A., et al.
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-27T14:57:40Z
dc.date.available2022-06-27T14:57:40Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractCHILD USA’s Annual Reports on the history of SOL reform in the United States start with the year 2002 because this movement was spurred by the Boston Globe’s January 2002 Pulitzer Prizewinning Spotlight series on the cover-up of clergy CSA committed by Cardinal Bernard Law of the Boston Archdiocese. 3 This publication was a turning point in the history of child protection as the public was introduced to the outlines of a paradigm of sex abuse in trusted institutions. The Spotlight series brought to the fore the broad themes of institution-based CSA: powerful men motivated by image and self-preservation; calculated ignorance of the clear risks to children; and protection of abusers within an institution, rather than the children. While those in power ignored the horror in plain sight, perpetrators were permitted latitude to abuse countless children. The story was picked up around the world, and clergy sex abuse became standard content in headlines everywhere.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHamilton, M. A. et al. (2022). History of child sex abuse statutes of limitation reform in the United States 2002-2021. Philadelphia, PA: ChildUSA.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://childusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/6.17.2022-2021-SOL-Report-Final.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/5456
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherCHILD USAen_US
dc.subjectstatute of limitationsen_US
dc.subjectprosecutionen_US
dc.subjectchild sexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectyouth-serving organizationsen_US
dc.titleHistory of child sex abuse statutes of limitation reform in the United States 2002-2021en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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