"Administrators must thoroughly screen all new job applicants to prevent hiring anyone who

          has engaged in sexual abuse."

                   -- PREA Commission

 

Facts & Figures

 

• According to The Bureau of Justice statistics, 10.3% of youth in juvenile correctional facilities reported incidences of staff sexual misconduct

• 95% of youth who reported sexual abuse in juvenile correctional facilities identified female staff as the perpetrators

• 40 states, despite using routine criminal background checks, had facilities with rates of sexual abuse by staff ranging from 10-36%

 

High Rates of Sexual Abuse by Staff Lead to:

 

• Immeasurable, long-term, trauma for the abused

• Congressional oversight

• Threats to funding

• Career-ending/facility closing publicity

 

The Diana Screen  Solution for Juvenile Justice

 

The Diana Screen  is a child safety screen for job applicants who want to work in juvenile detention settings. It helps identify adults who fail to recognize adult-child sexual boundaries or who are at a high risk for having sexually abused a child in the past, and classifies applicants into two categories of hiring risk.

 

Up until recently, the best anyone could do to keep individuals like this away from positions of trust with children was to conduct criminal background screenings. But only 6% of child sexual abuse is ever reported to the police so they are largely ineffective. In fact, ChoicePoint reported looking at over 3.5 million background checks and finding only 0.2% that could be identified as sexual offenders.

 

In contrast, The Diana Screen  does not rely on public records or criminal histories. The Diana Screen  methodology provides much more effective results. Administered to job applicants by the hiring agency, The Diana Screen  is a child safety screen that helps identify adults who fail to recognize adult-child sexual boundaries or who are at a high risk for having sexually abused a child in the past. Because The Diana Screen  does not rely on public records or criminal histories, it does a better job of helping to identify those individuals who may detract from the safety and welfare of children in custody. The Diana Screen  is dramatically more effective than criminal background checks in protecting children and teens against this risk.

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The Diana Screen  is Easy to Use

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• Five minutes staff time

• Questions answered on a computer

• 4th grade reading level

• Results available the same day

 

Results You Can Trust

Scientifically Validated

Research from six federal grants that led to the publication of numerous peer reviewed articles which support The Diana Screen . 

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Independent Legal Review 

Thorough Federal and State legal review conducted by National Legal Research Group, Inc. 

 

" If you employ adults who work with kids, The Diana Screen

should be part of your hiring process."

                                                - Brent Kelley, Former Director, Robert J. Kinsey Youth Center

 

For more information about The Diana Screen  or Abel Screening's line of Child Protection Products, please Contact Us or call at 404.874.4772. 

 

For a list of sources supporting the information on this page, go to References.