It’s not directly about child abuse at all, and many of this blog’s trolling problems went away after the network was shut down in its previous form. However, Gawker published an interesting feature on one particular internet troll at the end of last week. See for yourself at their site here.
In the weekend Guardian there was an extract from a new book by a woman who married a killer that went on to commit further crimes. It’s one we intend to review depending on its UK release date. For now, the extract is here on the site.
Almost a fortnight ago there were a handful of historical allegations against UK DJ and TV Presenter Jimmy Savile, who died last year. By the end of last week there were over 60 allegations from more than 340 calls to the police force in charge. Today the National Association of People Abused In Childhood (NAPAC)…
Sexual Abuse – Is Justice Ever Served, Really? tags: CA Breaking Through the Fear of Speaking About Child Abuse by Kylie Devi tags: CA World Mental Health Day Blog Party, October 10, 2012 tags: CA Going public with depression tags: CA The Lingering Trauma of Child Abuse tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The rest of…
Overnight for UK readers, Jerry Sandusky’s sentence was decided by a Pennsylvania court at 30 to 60 years for the abuse of 10 boys abused either through Penn State University or the charity where he worked to help troubled children. NBC has the story here with the sentencing order as a PDF and further reaction to the…
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…
