The causes and context of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests in the United States, 1950-2010
Subtitle: a report presented to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops by the John Jay College Research Team
Contributors: John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Catholic Church. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Publisher: USCCB Communications
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9781601372017
Subjects: Sexual behavior; Catholic Church; Clergy; Child sexual abuse by clergy
Description: This report outlines the results of an empirically based study of the causes and context of the phenomenon of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests in the United States between 1950 and 2010. It is the second of two studies produced by researchers at John Jay College of Criminal Justice about sexual abuse by Catholic priests. ... This second study (the Causes and Context study) sought to understand why the sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests occurred as it did by integrating research from sociocultural, psychological, situational, and organizational perspectives.
Notes: "Karen J. Terry, principal investigator."

"First printing, May 2011." -- Verso of t.p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-143).

Also available online.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Executive summary; title: Context for the study of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests in the United States, 1950-2010; title: Historical analysis of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church : explaining the distribution of abuse over time; title: Psychological analysis of sexual abuse by Catholic priests : exploring the individual-level characteristics of abusers and explanations for sexual abuse; title: Organizational response to incidents and reports of sexual abuse of minor; title: Sexual victimization of minors : analyzing the onset, persistence, and desistance from abuse incidents by priests; title: Conclusion and recommendations; title: Appendix A: Glossary of terms; title: Appendix B: List of figures; title: Appendix C: List of tables; title: Notes.