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Comprehending the Incomprehensible

Organization Theory and Child Sexual Abuse in Organizations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2018

Donald Palmer
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis
Valerie Feldman
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis

Summary

This Element describes child sexual abuse and the formal organizations in which it can occur, reviews extant perspectives on child abuse, and explains how an organization theory approach can advance understanding of this phenomenon. It then elaborates the main paths through which organizational structures can influence child sexual abuse in organizations and analyze how these structures operate through these paths to impact the perpetration, detection, and response to abuse. The analysis is illustrated throughout with reports of child sexual abuse published in a variety of sources. The Element concludes with a brief discussion of the policy implications of this analysis.
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