Child Sexual Abuse in Schools

Sexual Abuse Attorney

As a society, we entrust teachers and other school employees with the instruction and protection of our children on a daily basis.  In fact, many children spend more face-to-face time with their schoolteachers than with their own parents.  This trust has been found to be sorely misplaced in many cases according to a 2004 study targeting the amount of sexual abuse, assault and harrassment experienced by school-age children in public schools across the United States. 

This study suggests that an alarming number of as many as 10% of public school students have suffered sexual abuse or harrassment by a teacher or other educational employee at some time in their lives. Of course, this suggested figure doesn't represent the millions of children who are enrolled in private schools.  The amount of children experiencing inappropriate sexual conduct, treatment, harrassment or activity at the hands of adults is unknown due to the vast number of incidents that go unreported. This criminal activity is an egregious breach of the trust and confidence placed in the adults who have authority over a group of children.

Child Abuse in Schools

The sexual abuse lawyers at the Zalkin Law Firm can help you if you or your child has suffered abuse at the hands of a teacher or school employee.  No one, especially a child, should ever have to endure inappropriate sexual remarks, actions or contact from anyone.  Our attorneys can help you in your endeavor to bring justice to your abuser.  

It is our mission to provide suvivors of all types of sexual abuse with an understanding and protected environment in which they can act against the perpetrators of their abuse.  With the help of an experienced attorney, you can take the steps necessary to file a suit against the criminal who sexually abused you or your child.  Because pedophiles and child molesters are often devious and calculating in their activities, the abuse could have gone unreported for years.

If you have any questions about sexual abuse in schools, please contact a Sexual Abuse Lawyer at the Zalkin Law Firm as soon as possible.  We are dedicated to serving survivors of abuse.