Fighting For Justice For Abuse Victims Statewide
Child sexual abuse material posted on the Internet and social media platforms has a major effect on survivors, both while it remains online and afterward. These images and videos subject survivors to abuse again and again every time the material is viewed, downloaded...
When a person seeks help from a licensed professional, like a therapist, counselor, doctor or other authority, they expect that the professional can be trusted to act appropriately. Unfortunately, however, there are situations where that professional may sexually...
Too often, some individuals use positions of power and authority to cause harm to our communities and individuals. No individual deserves deprivation of their constitutional rights to freedom from sexual assault, but a recent sentencing shows that this occurs all too...
The laws surrounding sexual harassment and sexual assaults is changing in California. In recent years, there has been a focus on holding those accountable for sexual harassment and assaults responsible. There has also been a focus on changing the culture of many...
When someone experiences trauma, like a car accident, war or headline making mass traumas, we all understand that they might experience PTSD or have lingering psychological symptoms. But, what if you are an adult a survivor of childhood or recent sexual abuse? There...
Survivors of childhood sexual abuse can experience trauma that will affect them for the rest of their lives. However, they may not be prepared to talk about their experiences until years later, when they are adults. By that time, they may find that the statute of...
There are a lot of news stories about sexual harassment and assault in the workplace, but for all the talk about the subject, institutions are slow to do anything about them. Recently, the University of California, Davis, announced it had terminated the employment of...
When we visit a physician, dentist, or health care practitioner, we trust that they will act professionally. Too many times, this trust is not reciprocated, or is abused when these practitioners engage in sexual misconduct. Expectations Sexual abuse by licensed...
Students at boarding schools in California are in a unique position where they are entirely under the care of school employees. It is easy for an employee to take advantage of a student, sometimes committing heinous acts of sexual abuse. Alleged sexual abuse at...
Certain events that occur to children shape their entire lives. These could be good events or bad events that have a significant impact on their young, developing minds that cause them to see the world a certain way. This view of the world can carry on with them as...