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A 1993 study performed by the American Association of University Women examined seventy-nine state schools in the United States and found that 9.6% of students reported sexual abuse by teachers in the school setting. [2] The victims of school sexual abuse are often "vulnerable or marginal students". [3]
School violence includes violence between school students as well as attacks by students on school staff and attacks by school staff on students. It encompasses physical violence , including student-on-student fighting , corporal punishment ; psychological violence such as verbal abuse , and sexual violence , including rape and sexual harassment .
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines child abuse and child maltreatment as "all forms of physical and/or emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect or negligent treatment or commercial or other exploitation, resulting in actual or potential harm to the child's health, survival, development or dignity in the context of a relationship ...
As aforementioned, this report proofs how physical and sexual abuse takes place at schools. [2] The most common types of abuse include: Bullying, with one out of three students between the ages of 13 and 15 worldwide claiming to suffer from this type of violence.
Corporal punishment was banned in Soviet (and hence, Ukrainian) schools in 1917. [19] In Ukraine, "physical or mental violence" against children is forbidden by the Constitution (Art.52.2) and the Law on Education (Art.51.1, since 1991) which states that students and other learners have the right "to the protection from any form of exploitation ...
A major 2004 study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education found that nearly 10 percent of U.S. public school students reported having been targeted with sexual attention by school employees. Charol Shakeshaft, a researcher in the field, claimed that sexual abuse in public schools "is likely more than 100 times the abuse by priests." [54]
Physical abuse is any intentional act causing injury or trauma to another person or animal by way of bodily contact. In most cases, children are the victims of physical abuse, but adults can also be victims, as in cases of domestic violence or workplace aggression .
This includes but is not limited to schools, homes, and online spaces where adolescents are exposed to abuse and exploitation. Child marriage is one of the main forms of child sexual abuse; UNICEF has stated that child marriage "represents perhaps the most prevalent form of sexual abuse and exploitation of girls". [7]