The Tri City Herald has the story on a teenaged offender already in jail for one offence, now accused of another within the timeframe of the first. The story is here and the related stories crawl is at the bottom of the page.
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At the Conservative Party Conference on Tuesday 9th October 2012, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling MP outlined his “Two strikes and you’re out” policy. Criminals committing two violent or sexual offences, or two high level crimes warranting 10 year sentences, would automatically receive a life sentence. Reading between the lines of this policy, no new money…
The rest of the paedophiles associated with the first English Nursery child abuse cluster from late 2009 were formally sentenced today. Only one of the female offenders, Tracey Dawber succeeded with the “Man Made Me Do It” excuse and received four years, Tracy Lyons received seven and Colin Blanchard, lionised by the media and one…
Prime Minister David Cameron was handed a list of names from a general internet search by one of the presenters of Independent Television’s This Morning daytime show. The show had previously interviewed some of the victims of the Jimmy Savile enquiry. The Daily Mail has the article here and the BBC here. Other reaction will be…
Blog Against Child Abuse – November 2011 Surviving Holidays Edition tags: CA Social media for military enables deep family connections : Lesson for law firms tags: SocNetPres CA Thanksgiving: Survivors of child sexual abuse of yesterday, today and tomorrow tags: CA 8 Tips To Help Console a Grieving Friend tags: CA 12 Depression Busters for…
As you read the rest of the article you’ll see how self-distancing conversations look a lot more like those conversations with friends I referenced earlier. Getting away from all of the “I” and “me” and fairly judging the situation quietly and calmly as if it was happening to someone else can put it into a perspective that we sometimes lose when we are thinking of ourselves, especially those of us who struggle with self-blame. Of course, then that self-blame turns to rumination which feeds into depression, and round and round we go.
There is a better way, and the examples given can help if we are willing to practice them. Especially the idea of reminding ourselves that we’ve already been through tougher, and more stressful situations and come out the other side.
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