The Boy Scouts of America’s (BSA’s) Ineligible Volunteer (IV) files, commonly called the “perversion files,” is a unique data set allowing researchers to examine organizational characteristics that allow for child sexual victimization. Despite the uniqueness of this data set, few researchers have examined it. The researchers examined a random sample of cases from the IV files of scout leaders who molested scouts. A situational crime theoretical model was employed as had been used in studies on the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal, proving effective. The researchers examined randomly selected from 1980 to 1999. Of initially examined 400 randomly selected cases, only 140 held retrievable data. The majority of the 140 cases did not have scouting victims, which resulted in a reduction to 48 cases. Beyond the several scouting forms, many files contained public domain information, including newspaper articles, police reports, criminal justice records, and/or records of civil litigation. Through both the scouting documents and the public domain records, the researchers identified six BSA-specific characteristics that allowed motivated adult leaders to molest their victims. These characteristics included (a) weak or inefficient incident reporting system, (b) failure to collect and review pertinent information, (c) organizationally legitimate reasons for one-on-one contact, (d) volunteer imbalance, (e) legitimate reasons for separation from protective adults, and (f) social status as a prophylactic defense. These structural characteristics are explored through descriptive statistics and specific case studies illustrating the phenomena. When the history of the IV files came to light through litigation, the BSA was forced to reconcile its past actions and develop new preventive measures. The Boy Scouts of America implemented various actions to protect the youth. Many of these protections specifically address structural characteristics.

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深入研究美国童子军“变态”文件：与接触和虐待相关的结构性因素

美国童子军 (BSA) 的不合格志愿者 (IV) 文件通常称为“变态文件”，是一个独特的数据集，允许研究人员检查允许儿童性受害的组织特征。尽管该数据集具有独特性，但很少有研究人员对其进行检查。研究人员检查了猥亵童子军的童子军领袖静脉注射档案中的随机样本。采用了天主教会性虐待丑闻研究中使用的情景犯罪理论模型，事实证明是有效的。研究人员对 1980 年至 1999 年间随机选择的案例进行了检查。在最初检查的 400 个随机选择的案例中，只有 140 个拥有可检索的数据。140 起案件中，大多数没有童子军受害者，因此案件数量减少至 48 起。除了几种侦察表格之外，许多文件还包含公共领域信息，包括报纸文章、警方报告、刑事司法记录和/或民事诉讼记录。通过侦察文件和公共领域记录，研究人员确定了 BSA 的六个特定特征，这些特征允许积极主动的成年领导者骚扰受害者。这些特征包括（a）事件报告系统薄弱或效率低下，（b）未能收集和审查相关信息，（c）组织上进行一对一联系的合法理由，（d）志愿者不平衡，（e）与有保护作用的成年人分离，以及 (f) 作为预防性防御的社会地位。通过描述性统计和说明这些现象的具体案例研究来探索这些结构特征。当 IV 文件的历史通过诉讼曝光后，BSA 被迫调整其过去的行为并制定新的预防措施。美国童子军采取了各种行动来保护青少年。其中许多保护措施专门针对结构特征。