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A former psychiatric technician at a Sarasota mental health hospital has been convicted on six counts of lewd or lascivious battery and one count of lewd…
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Elder abuse, which can take the form of sexual or emotional abuse, physical violence and even financial manipulation, affects at least 10 percent of older…
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Broward County reported more child-on-child sexual abuse incidents in 2014 than any other county in Florida, the Broward Palm Beach New Times reports. The…
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A doctor accused of sexually abusing four women patients at clinics in Melbourne and Daytona Beach should lose his license, the Florida Board of Medicine…
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A Lake Worth family doctor accused of sadistic “punishment therapy” that involved handcuffs, blindfolds, whips and other implements of torture apologized…
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The rate of staff sexual misconduct reported at juvenile facilities across the state is about 5 percent, according to estimates from the U.S. Department…
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This week, WUSF’s public affairs show Florida Matters focuses on human trafficking in Florida.According a local nonprofit organization working to tackle…
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For six years, the family nanny sexually abused Lauren Book. As a survivor, she has made it her mission to prevent other children from being abused. She's…
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A 52-year-old guard who worked at an infamous private youth prison for teens has been arrested after six girls reported he sexually abused them, according…