394 results for author: James R. Marsh

Justice Shouldn’t Expire – HBO Documentary

HBO Films presents: MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD

The Price of a Stolen Childhood

The New York Times Magazine has a feature article about the Marsh Law Firm's groundbreaking work over the past eight years to obtain restitution for child pornography victims. The story was over a year in the making. It’s a remarkable piece written by noted journalist Emily Bazelon and tells the tragic yet hopeful tale of two victims of child pornography and their quest to rebuild their lives. The article appears here and will be included in this Sunday's New York Times.

Hildebran Elementary School Child Pornography Teacher Sex Abuse—Additional Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed

In an ever-widening child sex abuse case which started with an email to the Marsh Law Firm from a parent who was concerned about child pornography in her child's elementary school, an additional lawsuit claims the former principal was notified of the abuse years ago but took no action to protect students. The family of another young child who attends Hildebran Elementary School in Burke County, North Carolina, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court sitting in Asheville, North Carolina.The lawsuit names as defendants Burke County Public Schools Board of Education, school guidance counselor Linda Bradshaw, former teacher Michael Alexander, and ...

The Attorney General’s Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence

According to this report, "exposure to violence is a national crisis that affects approximately two out of every three of our children. Of the 76 million children currently residing in the United States, an estimated 46 million can expect to have their lives touched by violence, crime, abuse, and psychological trauma this year." In 1979, U.S. Surgeon General Julius B. Richmond declared violence a public health crisis of the highest priority, and yet 33 years later that crisis remains. Whether the violence occurs in children’s homes, neighborhoods, schools, playgrounds or playing fields, locker rooms, places of worship, shelters, streets, or in ...

Mental Disorders Rampant Among Teens

Some sobering statistics from ChildTrends: Almost 1 in 4 boys and more than 1 in 3 girls in grades 9-12 report symptoms of depression (which is defined as feeling sad or hopeless almost EVERY DAY for TWO WEEKS or longer) About 1 in 12 adolescents reported experiencing a major depressive episode during the past year 10% of adolescents reported symptoms of an anxiety disorder including OCD, social anxiety disorder, PTSD, and phobias 5% of adolescents report symptoms of an eating disorder Substance abuse disorders frequently go hand in hand with mental disorders. In addition, mental disorders are often associated with other negative emotional and ...

Child Maltreatment 2011 – The Report

On February 7, 2013, at 1 p.m. E.T., the Children’s Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will host the 1-hour Webinar, Child Maltreatment 2011—Key Findings and Expanded Discussion to expound on the findings reported in Child Maltreatment 2011. The report presents national data about child abuse and neglect known to child protective services agencies during fiscal year 2011. During FFY 2011, an estimated 3.4 million referrals, were received by CPS agencies. The national estimate of 3.4 million referrals were estimated to include 6.2 million children. For FFY 2011, more ...

The trail of an international child-porn ring led to a tiny house in the woods outside St. Louis

This excellent article by journalist John H. Tucker appeared in a St. Louis paper, the Riverfront Times, last year. It's well-worth reading and illustrates how Internet technology facilitates the spread of criminal child pornography networks to even the smallest towns and villages. The newspaper's cover story provided an account of the FBI's recent dismantling of "Lost Boy," an international, members-only online bulletin board operated by about three dozen child pornographers. The federal crackdown represented, at the time (in 2009), the largest disruption of a child exploitation enterprise since that federal statute was signed into law in 2006. The ...