10 Ways to Prevent an Abduction
Robert Siciliano
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Posted 05.13.2013
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Crime
The old-school training a lot of us received early on was, "Don't talk to strangers" -- as if strangers were the dangerous ones.
The old-school training a lot of us received early on was, "Don't talk to strangers" -- as if strangers were the dangerous ones.
We have heard the horror stories of cyberbullying over the past several years, and they never get easier to hear. Catfishing is an extended branch of online harassment that takes cruelty to a new level.
He liked having secret power over life and death. No doubt about that. Still, he was mildly puzzled why he did it. From the moment he first picked up Terri Lynn that morning, he knew he was going to kill her. It added excitement to sex. And he knew he would kill again. The last in a three part series from Predator: The Life and Crimes of Serial Killer Clifford Olson.
At first Terri Lynn didn't notice the car that pulled up beside her. The man driving was smiling-- a nice smile. He had dark, wavy hair and eyes that danced. He was wearing neat, sporty clothes and the car was clean. "Where are you headed?" he asked out the passenger window. Part 2 of Predator: The Life and Crimes of Serial Killer Clifford Olson continues.
Details of the murders of Canada's most notorious serial killer, Clifford Olson, have never been made public -- until now. In the first of a three-part series from the newly published Predator: The Life and Crimes of Serial Killer Clifford Olson, award-winning Canadian journalist Peter Worthington describes how he got to know Olson, and the peculiar relationship that unfolded.
American University in Washington, D.C., has been shaken by four recent reports of sexual assault near campus. All occurred late at night or early mor...
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Federal authorities have indicted a Florida man for allegedly posing as Justin Bieber online, promising young girls backstage passes and free tickets ...
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The facts about sexuality should not be trivialized into a matter of opinion. As Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously said, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but everyone is NOT entitled to their own facts.
Friends and neighbors of Karl Vanderwoude don't believe he could possibly be the "well-dressed groper"-- the sexual predator implicated in four attack...
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The former Montrose District Attorney who pleaded guilty last October to criminal extortion and unlawful sexual contact received a sentence that has d...
I have a suggestion for the chief of police who hid in his office rather than talk to the reporter. Instead of cowering, he should get himself in front of that camera.
I believe that the people in power should be protecting my rights and creating a safer environment for everyone, not advising me on my wardrobe.
LOS ANGELES — A woman who sued Match.com after being sexually assaulted by a man she met on the dating website settled her lawsuit on Tuesday wh...
A new empowerment group called "SlutWalk" is making its way all over the world faster than some can raise their eyebrows. It began on January 24, ...
When it comes to surefire bills that all Missouri legislators can support, all you have to do is target one of three types of people -- sex offenders, drunk drivers or classroom teachers.
David Schwimmer's film Trust is one of the most honest, impressive films about adolescence and parenting in the Internet age that I've seen.
For 10 years, David Schwimmer made you chuckle as earnest, feckless Ross on Friends. But in his second outing as a film director, Trust, he will infu...
I thought we were past the days of "predator panic." Around 2004, when To Catch A Predator was on TV just about weekly, there were lots of news stories about the dangers kids face on the Internet.
The Internet is like a bad neighborhood with bad guys around every corner. As soon as a family member becomes active online, it's time to educate them -- no matter what age they are -- about cyber safety.
On May 1, a new law goes into effect in New Jersey that requires provisional drivers under 21 to put a red sticker on their license plate. The law, n...
In one recent study, the average rate of reported police incidents at Wal-Mart stores was 400% higher than the average rate of incidents at nearby Target stores.
