Gawker.com ran an interesting retrospective on the real-life To Catch a Predator show which clearly provided casual inspiration for the CSI Miami episode “To Kill A Predator”. Read John Cook’s article here.
The second link regarding a suicide also expands into a larger feature regarding the abortive final episode of the show, the direct link is here;
http://www.esquire.com/features/predator0907
– CBG
This story about men in the UK being sentenced for grooming and then abusing young girls had an interesting fact in it that I wanted to share. The court heard how the men identified vulnerable girls for abuse and then groomed each one of them until they were under the control of the gang. They…
Over the Bank holiday weekend, Chuck Hagel described Sexual Assault in the Military as a “scourge” when giving a speech at the West Point Graduation ceremony. That story is here by the Daily Mail although the excellent Toy Soldier blog also covered something similar before the weekend and that post is here.
It’s hard. Normally in April we’d be sharing all the ways teachers, neighbors, and others can help prevent child abuse, reporting when kids show up to school with unexplained injuries, or kids we suspect are being abused at home or by family contacts. But now, we don’t really see those kids at all, so it’s…
Recently, former boxer Mike Tyson publicly admitted to having been sexually abused as a child. As the Atlanta Black Star quotes Darwin Hobbs: “There is so much stigma around sexual abuse. But when someone like Tyson, a strong Black man, reveals it’s happened to him, it really helps reduce this notion that you are counted…
New free online mental health supports – “If you are experiencing anxiety or depression, there are two new mental health support services available to people in Ontario.” Taxi drivers and hotel staff will be trained to help the fight against child sexual abuse Uncomfortable Talking About Depression How to Help Someone Who is Suicidal Abused…
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