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A federal Department of Health and Human Services "spot Check" for criminal
records among 500 child care workers in four states revealed: 61 (12%) of the
500 workers had arrests or convictions. Crimes included:
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Shoplifting/theft
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Bad checks
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Welfare fraud
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Various drug offenses
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Assault and battery
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Endangering the life of a child
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Indecency with a child
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Lewdness
Thirty-nine out of the sixty-one had a total of 440 arrests with 181 convictions
for more serious crimes.
Church Mutual Insurance Company is investigating more than 1,000 cases of
alleged child sexual abuse that supposedly occurred on the premises of the
churches and Christian schools or involved employees of churches or Christian
schools.
In another study, New Jersey has disqualified 2,340 applicants for school
employment since 1967 because of convictions for serious offenses including 53
murders, 158 sex offenses, 81 child abusers and 5 kidnappers. Hundreds of
others (not counted above) have been convicted of aggravated assault, robbery,
arson and drug violations.
Source: "ASCI Legislative Update", Vol. 7, No. 3; March, 1977; p. 36; published
by the Association of Christian Schools International, Colorado Spring, CO.
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