Teachers

The teacher–student dynamic is the single most-represented occupational pattern in our database. The relationship has every feature that enables predatory behaviour: legitimate one-on-one access, age and authority gradients, a built-in reason for after-hours contact, and trust from parents that turns warning signs into compliments. Below are the cases we've documented in which the offender was a teacher, professor, tutor, or other instructional staff at the time of the offence. Many were respected; several were named teacher of the year. The pattern recurs.