The Impact of Race and Ethnicity at Penn State
Kyle Schafer
Southern New Hampshire University
The Impact of Ethnicity at Penn State
Today’s society faces various factors that include ethnicity, race, culture and gender that have impacts on individual’s or organization’s decisions. Race and ethnicity present in education is a very profound barrier to equality, equality access to all globally (Zajda & Freeman, 2009). Penn State University is no exception and a scandal that occurred in the school clearly defines this. The purpose of this paper is to assess the impacts of race and ethnicity on child abuse scandal at Penn State in 2011.
The incident
A grand jury report that contained the testimony of Jerry Sandusky, assistant coach at
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These bills are serving the purpose of expanding the definition of child abuse, and also require that there be increase in the reporting of any suspected abuse. The child abuse laws are laws providing rules that are meant to hold any individuals that brings harm to a child accountable of the actions against said child. In the bills passed, child abuse is not only limited to physical harm to the child, but now include emotional harm, sexual exploitation and actions or failure to take actions that could lead to the child facing risk and danger (Hg.org, 2017). With such bills in place, potential predators who are still out there will be scared and they shall not dream of trying to abuse any …show more content…
The incident that revolved around the sexual abuse of the young children by an elder, Jerry Sandusky. This incident has several social impacts as assessed. The scandal brought about change that no one thought could happen!
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The fallout from the case resulted in a two-year postseason ban, a four-year probationary period, but maybe most significantly, a complete disassociation between the school and the Fab Five. All banners were removed. All records were vacated”.
The Plaintiff contends that Baylor’s knowledge of the potential threat Elliott and other student-athletes posed as well as their deliberate lack of concern subjected her to an increased risk of being sexually assaulted. Specifically, Hernandez alleges that the university failed to address and intentionally concealed the sexual violence committed by football players for several years; the Plaintiff also states that Baylor’s staff was directly and repeatedly told about the sexual assaults committed
The Sandusky scandal had a huge impact on Penn State, main reason Penn state officials covered it up for so long. Penn State officials didn’t want the disturbing news to damage Penn State impeccable reputation. Although they tried very hard to cover up this issue it was exposed.
In regards to the Gerald A. Sandusky case, which began in June 11th 2012 and ended on October 9th 2012. We are presented with a case where an individual was given unlimited access to young boys of all ages, some from poor and underprivileged backgrounds. Of the 52 charges Mr. Sandusky received, 4 charges were initially dropped, leaving 48. On June 22, 2012, Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of sexual abuse. Sandusky was sentenced on October 9, 2012, to a minimum of 30 years and a maximum of 60 years in prison (Klein, Tolson,
Aside from the allegations of child sexual abuse, the revelation of a cover-up and who actually knew of Sandusky’s behavior appears to be just as shocking. Through independent and Grand Jury investigations, a small circle of the most powerful people at PSU knew, for almost a decade, of Sandusky’s behavior and chose not to take appropriate actions to protect children from a sexual predator and concealed Sandusky’s behavior from the University’s Board of Trustees, the community and
The Penn State scandal affected many people. Many who worked for the University and many who weren’t affiliated with the college at all. All of the individuals affected by the incident are considered to be stakeholders. Although this incident impacted many individuals across the nation, the University resides in Pennsylvania, and the stakeholders include employees of the college, customers who attend various events at the college and the community it resides in (Crandall, Parnell, & Spillan, 2014). Even though all of these individuals are considered stakeholders, they can be placed in two different categories that consist of internal stakeholders and external stakeholders (Crandall et al., 2014). The internal stakeholders are individuals that
It has been a month since the Canon City Tigers became sidelined for pornography usage. The public school had an extra burden on its hands because of the separation between church and state. It seems that anything not sanctioned by God is always more burdensome. With the help of the courts, the Canyon City teens did not face any charges associated with the incident. Nor did the school take any further action against the football team. Taken aback by the lack of results enforced by the school, the Jensons were pleased that they took the time to examine their actions and discipline Tim.
Hill, Rich. “Deflategate: An Entire Scandal Based on Insecurity” Pats Pulpit, 2015. Web. 8 Feb 2015.
Currently in the news, there is a major event that pertains to the topic of the psychology of trauma. This event is the investigation of Jerry Sandusky and his alleged conviction of sexual abuse. Jerry Sandusky, an assistant football coach at Penn State University, has been accused of sexually abusing boys in the basement of his home and in the school workout room and locker room. This investigation was triggered by one of the victims who went to the police and since then, more victims have come out as well. This boy stated that the attacks lasted for about four years. Jerry Sandusky met the boys though a foundation he started to help at-risk youths in 1977 called The Second Mile. So far there have been eight
Medina, B. (2011). How Penn State's Sex-Abuse Scandal Unfolded: A timeline. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 58(13)Link
While there is no documented first case of sexual assault at Boston University, it is clear that it was becoming a national problem by the 1970’s. As early as 1957 Eugene Kanin produced a study prompted by male aggression on university campus’s. In the study Kanin analyzed cases of one hundred and sixty two girls that felt they had been sexually abused on campus. Scholarly literature presented sexual assault on college campus’s by 1957 (Kamentz). In the 1960’s the violent crime rate skyrocketed across America. Women were the main recipients of the misconduct. It is likely that out of the thousands of students and women that attended BU at this time there were incidences of sexual assault. This became apparent nationally in 1972 when the government was called upon to change the law enforcement community (Sacco).
Governor, Tom Corbett took action and warned students to refrain from any violence and should monitor their behavior. "The crowd initially was a peaceful demonstration against Coach Paterno's firing. The crowd quickly turned from a peaceful demonstration to a riotous mob," State College police said in a statement. "The mob attempted to light vehicles on fire, and tore down light posts and street signs." (Klopman) University officials reminded the students that their actions are affecting the family of the victims and other victims in the community that were sexually abused. Assistant coach, Mike McQueary testified to the grand jury in December 2010 that he saw Sandusky sodomize a naked boy of about 10 years old in the football team's locker room shower in 2001. The jury quickly saw his testimony more credible than Curley’s and Schultz’s. Because of this, Penn State placed Mike on administrative leave. “McQueary testified in a grand jury investigation that eventually led to child sex-abuse charges being filed against former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. The ensuing scandal brought down longtime coach Joe Paterno, who was fired by university trustees amid growing criticism that he should have done more to stop the alleged abuse.” (Marklein) McQueary changed his story saying he e-mailed his friends and
The Jerry Sandusky case had a major impact on Penn State. It affected both academics and athletics in a major way. In this essay I will discuss the situation that occurred and the impact that the social media had on this once great school.
These acts were brought together to try and simplify the law that protects children and young people. They will tell people what their duties are and how they work when child abuse is suspected.
Hazing has often been thought to exist primarily in fraternities and sororities; many people are starting to realize the pervasiveness of these harmful rituals. In fact, a recent study by Alfred University and the NCAA found that approximately 80% of college athletes had been subjected to some form of hazing. This total comes to more than 250,000 athletes during the 1998-99 school year alone. Half were required to participate in drinking contests or alcohol related initiations while two thirds were subjected to humiliating hazing. The majority of hazing occurs during the initiations to club sports and fraternities/sororities.