Innocence Denied: A Guide To Preventing Sexual Misconduct

Sexual abuse is a growing problem that has shattered the lives of many innocent individuals. Sexual abuse is defined as any kind of sexual activity between two or more individuals in which one of the people involved is against his or her will. Although anyone can be a victim of sexual abuse, it is most common against woman and children. Many believe that little has been done to solve such a pressing issue. However, there are a few different perspectives concerning the issue at hand. Many individuals believe the sexual abuse is difficult to solve, sexual abuse can be prevented, Federal agencies have done little to solve the situation, and the interpretation of an event involving sexual abuse is often misguided.
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Some think that sexual abuse can be prevented by teaching individuals how to protects themselves. In Innocence Denied: A Guide to Preventing Sexual Misconduct by Teachers and Coaches, by William Fibkins, sexual abuse is viewed as a preventative situation. Fibkins believes that victims were not properly educated on the defenses of sexual abuse. He believes that the step-by-step procedures provided in his book can help eliminate sexual misconduct (pg. 2). By doing so, Fibkins thinks that the knowledge that he has provided will create a barrier between perpetrators and potential victims. Furthermore, in a slightly more radical viewpoint. Marci Hamilton provides another solution for the prevention of sexual abuse. In her book, Justice Denied: What America Must Do to Protect Its Children. She declares that the sinister acts are caused by a corrupted legal system. She believes that perpetrators continue to prey of victims due to the Statue of Limitations. The general purpose of the Statue of Limitations is to ensure that convictions occur only upon the presence of evidence that has not been deteriorated with time. She believes that this clause protects violator from persecution (pg. 10). Hamilton believes revising the Statue of Limitations for the sake of sexual abuse will encourage victims to come forth with their perpetrators. Eventually, this idea could help cease violators from sexually abusing

In the article, “Child Welfare: Federal Agencies Can Better Support State Efforts to Prevent and Respond to Sexual Abuse by School Personnel,” by The Government Accountability Office, the failures of Federal agencies are thoroughly examined. The Government Accountability Office is a government agency that provides evaluation and investigative services for the United States Congress. The agency has provided reasons for why many Federal agencies have failed to solve the issue of sexual abuse. Because it is an organization that stands for the well-being of citizens, the Government Accountability Office brings forth new ideas that they believe could be implemented to solve the issue of sexual abuse. The article states that government agencies could have provide efficient screening and sexual assault training of individuals seeking a career in the field of education and government jobs (pg. 2). Also, The Government Accountability Office provides these ideas to prove that Federal agencies could have provided a better method of handling sexual abuse by tracking patters of criminal activity (pg. 4). The Government Accountability Office believes that these methods will lead to more solutions that Federal agencies have failed to