cease operation due to one of America’s most shocking scandal in history. Founder of The Second Mile‚ Jerry Sandusky‚ was charged and found guilty of child sex abuse. Despite having the responsibility as founder of nonprofit organization for goodwill‚ Jerry Sandusky committed a crime for which he deserved serious consequences. The Second Mile is a nonprofit organization founded by Jerry Sandusky‚ who was the assistant football coach for Penn State University‚ in 1977. It was founded with the purpose
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The Jerry Sandusky case had a major impact on Penn State. It affected both academics and athletics in a major way. In this essay I will discuss the situation that occurred and the impact that the social media had on this once great school. Jerry Sandusky is a retired American football coach. He was the assistant coach at Pennsylvania State University under the legendary Joe Paterno for 30 years. He was the defensive coordinator for the football team. He is also the founder of The Second Mile
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Pennsylvania State University: The Jerry Sandusky Scandal Pennsylvania State University: The Jerry Sandusky Scandal Recently Penn State University experienced traumatic events when Jerry Sandusky‚ former defensive coordinator for Penn State football‚ was accused of child molestation and endangerment. Not only did the accusations of Jerry Sandusky make the news nationwide but also the unethical actions of athletic director‚ Tim Curly‚ head football coach‚ Joe Paterno‚ and University Senior
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within their guidelines. The Freeh Report is an independent report by Louis Freeh and his law firm into the facts and circumstances of the actions of Pennsylvania State University surrounding the child abuse committed by a former employee‚ Gerald Sandusky. When the Freeh Report was published many people began to speculate if the NCAA would step in to deliver a punishment to Penn State. Eleven days after the report was released the NCAA released a list of sanctions and corrective measures as suggested
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University scandal caught my attention. In 2011 former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was charged with 52 counts of child molestation with at least eight different young boys. Even though Sandusky was retired in 2011 he still had an office on campus because he funded the Second Mile program‚ a nonprofit charity that helps underprivileged youth; the program was where Jerry got most of his victims. In June of 2012 Jerry Sandusky was arrested and eventually sentenced to 30-60 years in prison. Investigators
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References: Associated Press. (2009). Penn State child abuse case: Jerry Sandusky sentenced to at least 30 years: Indianapolis News . Url:http://www.indystar.com/viewart/20121009/NEWS/210090325/Penn-State- child-abuse-case-Jerry-Sandusky-senctenced-least-30- years?oddyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext7CIndyStar.com Hebert‚ M.‚ Tramblay‚ C.‚ Parent‚ N.‚ Daignault‚ I.‚ Piche‚ C. (2006). Correlates of behavioral
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ramifications for many involved. Penn State lost focus of their mission and vision statements by placing football above all else. They also violated the majority of their core principles in the action‚ or lack of action‚ in the Jerry Sandusky case. This paper will analyze the abuse by Sandusky and how the school failed to follow its own core principles and mission statement. The paper will analyze the punishment handed down by the NCAA and the court of law. Finally‚ the paper will provide reflection upon the
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article‚ at the time of the investigation in 2009‚ Tom Corbett was an attorney general. In office as attorney general although he had been responsible for bringing the case to light‚ he had done little with regards to ensuring an earlier arrest of Jerry Sandusky. In addition‚ as governor‚ Tom Corbett had approved a 3 million dollar grant for potential victims of the sexual abuse. Regardless of the position held by Tom Corbett during the period surrounding the investigation‚ he was aware of the alleged
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consequences of their devious acts. It is sad that Joe Paterno‚ head football coach at Penn State University failed to uncover the sexual acts against 10 boys by his assistant Jerry Sandusky for 15 years. After thorough investigations by the authorities 48 criminal charges were filed against the suspects Joe Paterno and Sandusky. This incident is a typical example of deviant behavior confirmed by a psychologist -Alycia Chambers who was invited by Penn State University to discuss the case. According
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In 2012‚ “former Penn State defensive coordinator Gerald “Jerry" Sandusky was found guilty of sexual abuse. He was accused of sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period in a scandal that has rocked the university ’s community” (Chappell‚ 2012‚ para. 1). When the story of Jerry Sandusky broke to the press‚ the University board believed the investigation currently underway at their university was solely concerning Jerry Sandusky‚ but unbeknownst to them‚ the organizational breakdown of Penn
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