Marilyn Henry wrote an informative article about teen violence. She says: …for the second year the U.S. Senate has designated the week of Feb. 5 as Teen Violence Awareness and Prevention Week. Teen violence is a significant problem often not recognized by teens, parents, teachers and others who have daily contact with adolescents. According to… Read More
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UK Rape Laws Toughened
Mark Townsend recently reported about legal reforms in the United Kingdom to increase rape convictions. Here’s an excerpt: A new statutory definition of capacity to consent to sexual intercourse will mean that, if a woman is so drunk she is incapable of consent, a man who sleeps with her may be charged with rape. The… Read More
Don’t be Dense about Self-Defense
Ashlee Crews is 12 years old, with only 95 pounds on her 4-foot-11-inch frame. But she has just thrown a 5-foot-10-inch, 160-pound man to the floor. She used a technique called “uke-nage,” a karate term which means to escape someone’s hold and throw that person to the ground. David Crews, Ashlee’s 24-year-old brother, is the… Read More
Combating Violent Crime
Greg Gordon and Marisa Taylor recently released an article about the rising violent crime rates in the Untied States. Here’s an excerpt: Chuck Wexler, who heads a think tank for police departments across the country that has monitored crime trends in cities, said the data over the last 18 months suggest that the crime surge… Read More
Sexual Assault Survivors Accuse Military of Systemic Disinterest
Military sexual assault survivors and their advocates say the case of Suzanne Swift typifies the Pentagon’s failure to address the prevalence of sexual assault inside its ranks, as well as the unmet needs of survivors and the impunity enjoyed by assailants. Swift went AWOL in January to avoid deployment with a battalion in which she… Read More
Holiday Crime Trends
Each holiday season, police departments and media remind people they would make fine targets for criminals. Retailers prepare for billions in shoplifting losses. The National Crime Prevention Council issues a pamphlet warning that crooks love the holidays because the season makes “an opportune time for crime.” Do we really have more to fear during the… Read More
Officer Shoots Sister Claims Self-Defense
An off-duty St. Louis city police officer is being questioned after investigators say he shot his sister during an argument around 2:00 a.m. Wednesday on Vera Cruz in Affton. St. Louis County Police say the woman was grazed in the head and suffered non-life threatening injuries. Investigators add the off-duty officer acted in self-defense. There… Read More
Dramatic Increase In Self-Defense Products For Women
“There is a serious problem with store-bought accessories,” points out Guy Dar, an expert in self-defense who teaches a hand-to-hand combat technique. In most cases, notes Dar, you do not have enough time to pull out the stun gun or tear gas canister, and thus it is much better to first try reacting with your… Read More
Two Barbaric Murders Given New Life
Do you remember February 1993 when a young 3 yr old was taken from Liverpool, United Kingdom, by two 10-year-old boys. Jamie Bulger walked away from his mother for only a second and Jon Venables took his hand and led him out of the mall with his friend Robert Thompson. They took Jamie on a… Read More
Self-Defense & Cops: Protectors Or Victimizers?
A cop goes to a fast-food drive-through and mistakenly thinks the female teenage cashier short-changes him. After the manager checks the drawer and finds that the cop’s 20 is non-existent, the cop hollers at the girl and arrests her. When the girl hollers back and asks to wait for her mama, the cop gets mad… Read More
Teens Attack, Threaten Gas Station Workers
Four teens were arrested in a situation police say was “out of control” last week when employees of a Marathon gas station were attacked with knives and an American flag pole. Violence broke out amid a group of people gathered at a bus stop in front of the gas station on Gratiot south of Metro… Read More
Students Take defense Into Their Own Hands
When freshman letters and sciences major Dan Sharkey purchased a taser online for $50, he wasn’t gearing up to work mall security or go on patrol with the local police force – he was preparing to walk home on the streets of College Park. With the university ranked second on the FBI’s list of most… Read More