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Exposure:
Where Camps are Vulnerable
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Incident Reports
from Companies that Insure Camps
[from summer, 2000 ; source: five camp insurance companies/agencies]
| %
of total calls |
Nature
of call (area of concern) |
| 27 |
Inappropriate
conduct between counselor and camper
(physical or sexual) |
| 24 |
Inappropriate
conduct between campers
(camper-to-camper abuse, physical or sexual;
bullying) |
| 12 |
Camper
psychiatric problem
(medication or other) |
| 9 |
Report
of parent physical abuse |
| 8 |
Personnel
problem |
| 6 |
Counselor-to-counselor
inappropriate conduct
(sexual harassment; other grievance) |
| 4 |
Adolescent
camper use of alcohol |
| 10
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Other:
- CIT-to-camper
sexual involvement
- serious camper injury or medical problem
- incest allegation by camper or staff
- camper scanned photo of other camper onto website;
- camper used Internet to spread malicious lies about camper
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Areas
of Exposure
Day Camps
- sleepovers
and trips out of camp
- Coed staff
sleeping together during overnights, witnessed by campers
- bathroom
duty with younger children, especially when away from group
- evidence
of sexual or physical abuse at home showing up at camp (signs
include bruises, burn marks, precocious knowledge of sex, etc.)
- camper-to-camper
abusive treatment, bullying
Resident
Camp
- sleepouts
or overnights and overnight trips out of camp
- hazing activities
by counselors or fellow campers
- showers or
changing time, especially when apart from the group
- unsupervised
one-on-one time between a counselor and camper
Children
Targeted
- boys 8 to
12 at resident camp (boys are abused outside the family 11 times
more than girls -national statistic)
- girls 11to14
at resident camp
- children
3-6 at day camp
- generally
speaking, children who are emotionally hungry, physically handicapped,
mentally impaired or who lack clear boundaries
Perpetrators
- males 95%
of the time in counselor-to-camper abuse "Offenders"
- males 80%
of the time in camper-to-camper hazing or bullying
- males tend
to be physical; girls tend to be relational in their attacks
Robert
B. Ditter, M.Ed., LCSW
72 Montgomery Street·Boston, Ma 02116
tel.617-572-3353 fax.617-572-3373
e-mail: bobditter@bunk1.com
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