A predator is anyone who preys on others in a calculated, routine fashion. They may include the abuser, pedophile, bully, stalker, or thief. But before the predator—or any criminal—can commit a crime, a number of elements must be in place.
The first is "Intent." The offender must have the desire or intention to want to commit [...]
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Last Friday, the coroner’s jury at the inquest into the multiple murder
suicide case of Peter Lee handed down 14 recommendations. See the list here.
In 2007, Lee fatally stabbed his six-year-old son, his wife, and his wife’s mother and father, then killed himself. Lee was out on bail and had been ordered not to contact his [...]
We’re well into the holiday season, and I know that for some divorced parents, Christmas break brings fears of parental abduction. From time to time we hear the alarming news about a stranger abduction, but the reality is that they are very rare – most child abductions are by non-custodial parents.
Although non-custodial parental abduction can occur at any time [...]
I spend a lot of my time speaking to the media about incidents of child abuse ‘after the fact” when people are trying to make sense of why and how it could happen.
But instead of focusing on what we can do with the creeps after they’re caught, I would rather give parents some information to [...]
On this Sunday afternoon, I thought I would pass on a little bit of trivia that possibly even Ken Jennings of Jeopardy fame may not even know:
Did you know that if you put a jawbreaker in a microwave oven, the candy centre turns into a bubbling substance not unlike hot volcanic lava?
Here is a situation [...]
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