Boarding School Abuse presents a wide-range of criminal and lurid actions often perpetrated on students by school faculty members, administrators or employees regarding sexual assault of varying degrees. The attack may be a one-time, non-consensual attack or it can include many assaults within an continuing interaction. For example, an ongoing intimate encounter with a student, created by the predatory actions of a faculty member, school administrator or staff and whether heading to physical agreed sex acts or not, is a form of abuse.
Student-on-student sexual assault is an additional type of abuse, which can be made worse by the school’s failure to provide a safe environment that enabled the attack to happen. Inside the school community are students of different ages, maturity and experiences. Immature students might be exposed to the predatory actions of older, more mature students. This intent, along with peer-pressure exerted to both the predator and the targeted victim, might lead to varying types of abuse including sexual assault of varying degrees.
In all alleged Boarding School Abuse matters, a school administration’s megligence to entirely, immediately report the crime to law enforcement and other authorities, or its further negligence to research, address and deal completely with the matter amplifies the effects on the victim, the school population and possibly others. Recent Boarding School Abuse cases reported in the media exemplify these failures, including situations where the perpetrator quietly leaves the campus merely to assume working elsewhere in a school environment.
Predatory Behavior
Most private schools pride themselves on their small, personal communities within a well-defined and safe campus. In this environment, faculty, administrators and staff are often much nearer and familiar with students than might be expected in a non-boarding school setting. This could create both opportunity and cover for the possible attacker and for the predatory behavior.
In some situations, the abuser might be a likeable and popular individual, generally considered to be a enhancement to the school community. A targeted student might feel flattered that a popular superior in the school community is expressing special interest in him or her. Because of this popularity and integration in the school community, attack allegations against these predators are frequently met with distrust, disbelief, and resistance by the community. Frequesntly, abusers have boundary and judgment problems which turn into oddly friendly relationships with students that are beyond what are normally anticipated. This creates a predatory pathway and opportunity for the abuse.
Most abusers, to varying amounts, employ predatory methods that are generally referred to as "grooming," or targeting a possible abuse victim. Below is a compilation of grooming behaviors exhibited by predators who are in a position of authority in relation to the student.
Grooming
Grooming is a significant part of a predator’s ploy. In a boarding school situation, a predator often works closely with small numbers of students, knowing every student’s needs and weaknesses. Once a victim is identified and selected, these vulnerabilities – such as loneliness, low self-esteem, emotional neediness, or attention seeking behavior, could be systematically leveraged in the following ways:
Trust
A predator may initially work to gain the student’s trust. This step is the most difficult to see as private school communities are usually tight-knit and personal engagement is commonplace. Here, the attacker is likely part of a group of staff who are genuinely interested in the student’s wellness and success at the school.
Reliance
As a predator creates a trusting engagement with the potential student-victim, the student may begin to rely more and more on the predator for any need it is that the predator is exploiting and fulfilling. The student will spend more time with the predator, feeling more comfortable with the relationship. Additionally to attention and kindness, the possible victim may receive gifts from the predator, including valuable, gifts such as the promise of high marks, or a university recommendation letter. The reliance stage is usually when the predatory behavior is noticeable from well-meaning collegial behavior.
Isolation
While the grooming continues, the predator may work to isolate the student. At school, this might mean late meetings, tutoring sessions, meetings in the dormitory , one-on-one athletic practice sessions, or other such circumstances.
Sexualization
The predator will start to desensitize the possible victim from reacting negatively to touching, caressing and other behaviors which lead to sexual interaction. This might begin with breaching the physical-touch barrier, or verbally, with suggestive language to determine the victim’s response to the advancement. This might escalate until the relationship advances to one of a physical, sexual nature.
Maintenance
As the sexual relationship is created, the predator may try to maintain control of the victim and the continuing interaction. The predator will probably try to manipulate the student by introducing emotions of guilt, or even threats, or use the opposite strategy of continuing to have the victim feel special and desired. In any event, the predator might continue to exploit the victim by whatever means necessary to maintain the immoral physical relationship.
Legacy on Abuse Victims
When the grooming escalates as intended by the predator, the targeted student, being made to feel special, will probably respond affirmatively to the behaviors. The predator, through these well-thought-out and performed grooming behaviors and activities, tries to re-work and remove the moral confines of the targeted student. Because the victim participated in the re-calibration, she often has deep feelings of shame, initially blaming himself for the incident and hesitant to report it.
Additionally, beyond the abuse has been revealed, victims of private school abuse are frequently exposed to discreet social pressure and intimidation, such as bullying, isolation from their peers, or retaliation from administrators. Especially at private schools, where academics are stringent, competition can be intense and social circles small, victims of abuse can be quickly isolated and socially persecuted. Exposed to those reactions, many private school abuse victims that have reported the abuse leave school. Others, fighting with the prospect of such isolation and social abuse, report the abuse decades later. In either case, the legacy can be severe and life-altering.
Some abuse survivors deal with from long-term effects of the abuse including depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, low self-esteem, suicidal feelings, substance abuse, disturbed sleeping and eating patterns, and difficulty creating and maintaining healthy relationships. Individualized therapy and support groups could help victims overcome those effects.
Legally, a survivor of boarding school abuse may win financial compensation from the predator and more frequently, from the school for its negligence to protect the student from the abuse, as well as failures or deficiencies in its method of reviewing and responding to the survivor’s report of the abuse. If you are a survivor of boarding school abuse and would like to confidentially discuss your story and learn of your legal options at no cost or obligation, we are prepared to speak with you. It’s important for a survivor to realize that experiencing assault is not your fault. The attorneys at Meneo Law Group are committed to bringing those who committed the the assault to justice.
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Boarding School Abuse
Scot Mackerras (2019-08-30)
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Boarding School Abuse presents a wide-range of criminal and lurid actions often perpetrated on students by school faculty members, administrators or employees regarding sexual assault of varying degrees. The attack may be a one-time, non-consensual attack or it can include many assaults within an continuing interaction. For example, an ongoing intimate encounter with a student, created by the predatory actions of a faculty member, school administrator or staff and whether heading to physical agreed sex acts or not, is a form of abuse.In all alleged Boarding School Abuse matters, a school administration’s megligence to entirely, immediately report the crime to law enforcement and other authorities, or its further negligence to research, address and deal completely with the matter amplifies the effects on the victim, the school population and possibly others. Recent Boarding School Abuse cases reported in the media exemplify these failures, including situations where the perpetrator quietly leaves the campus merely to assume working elsewhere in a school environment.
Predatory Behavior
Most private schools pride themselves on their small, personal communities within a well-defined and safe campus. In this environment, faculty, administrators and staff are often much nearer and familiar with students than might be expected in a non-boarding school setting. This could create both opportunity and cover for the possible attacker and for the predatory behavior.
In some situations, the abuser might be a likeable and popular individual, generally considered to be a enhancement to the school community. A targeted student might feel flattered that a popular superior in the school community is expressing special interest in him or her. Because of this popularity and integration in the school community, attack allegations against these predators are frequently met with distrust, disbelief, and resistance by the community. Frequesntly, abusers have boundary and judgment problems which turn into oddly friendly relationships with students that are beyond what are normally anticipated. This creates a predatory pathway and opportunity for the abuse.
Most abusers, to varying amounts, employ predatory methods that are generally referred to as "grooming," or targeting a possible abuse victim. Below is a compilation of grooming behaviors exhibited by predators who are in a position of authority in relation to the student.
Grooming
Grooming is a significant part of a predator’s ploy. In a boarding school situation, a predator often works closely with small numbers of students, knowing every student’s needs and weaknesses. Once a victim is identified and selected, these vulnerabilities – such as loneliness, low self-esteem, emotional neediness, or attention seeking behavior, could be systematically leveraged in the following ways:
Trust
A predator may initially work to gain the student’s trust. This step is the most difficult to see as private school communities are usually tight-knit and personal engagement is commonplace. Here, the attacker is likely part of a group of staff who are genuinely interested in the student’s wellness and success at the school.
Reliance
As a predator creates a trusting engagement with the potential student-victim, the student may begin to rely more and more on the predator for any need it is that the predator is exploiting and fulfilling. The student will spend more time with the predator, feeling more comfortable with the relationship. Additionally to attention and kindness, the possible victim may receive gifts from the predator, including valuable, gifts such as the promise of high marks, or a university recommendation letter. The reliance stage is usually when the predatory behavior is noticeable from well-meaning collegial behavior.
Isolation
While the grooming continues, the predator may work to isolate the student. At school, this might mean late meetings, tutoring sessions, meetings in the dormitory , one-on-one athletic practice sessions, or other such circumstances.
Sexualization
The predator will start to desensitize the possible victim from reacting negatively to touching, caressing and other behaviors which lead to sexual interaction. This might begin with breaching the physical-touch barrier, or verbally, with suggestive language to determine the victim’s response to the advancement. This might escalate until the relationship advances to one of a physical, sexual nature.
Maintenance
As the sexual relationship is created, the predator may try to maintain control of the victim and the continuing interaction. The predator will probably try to manipulate the student by introducing emotions of guilt, or even threats, or use the opposite strategy of continuing to have the victim feel special and desired. In any event, the predator might continue to exploit the victim by whatever means necessary to maintain the immoral physical relationship.
Legacy on Abuse Victims
When the grooming escalates as intended by the predator, the targeted student, being made to feel special, will probably respond affirmatively to the behaviors. The predator, through these well-thought-out and performed grooming behaviors and activities, tries to re-work and remove the moral confines of the targeted student. Because the victim participated in the re-calibration, she often has deep feelings of shame, initially blaming himself for the incident and hesitant to report it.
Additionally, beyond the abuse has been revealed, victims of private school abuse are frequently exposed to discreet social pressure and intimidation, such as bullying, isolation from their peers, or retaliation from administrators. Especially at private schools, where academics are stringent, competition can be intense and social circles small, victims of abuse can be quickly isolated and socially persecuted. Exposed to those reactions, many private school abuse victims that have reported the abuse leave school. Others, fighting with the prospect of such isolation and social abuse, report the abuse decades later. In either case, the legacy can be severe and life-altering.
Some abuse survivors deal with from long-term effects of the abuse including depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, low self-esteem, suicidal feelings, substance abuse, disturbed sleeping and eating patterns, and difficulty creating and maintaining healthy relationships. Individualized therapy and support groups could help victims overcome those effects.
Legally, a survivor of boarding school abuse may win financial compensation from the predator and more frequently, from the school for its negligence to protect the student from the abuse, as well as failures or deficiencies in its method of reviewing and responding to the survivor’s report of the abuse. If you are a survivor of boarding school abuse and would like to confidentially discuss your story and learn of your legal options at no cost or obligation, we are prepared to speak with you. It’s important for a survivor to realize that experiencing assault is not your fault. The attorneys at Meneo Law Group are committed to bringing those who committed the the assault to justice.
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