One of the big challenges as a parent or caregiver is giving children personal safety advice without scaring or possibly traumatizing them. Necessary advice that keeps them safe but terrifies them about the world is not particularly productive. Children and teenagers need to safely learn about how the world works, and if they are fearful to go out and engage with it then they will miss out on developing skills that they might need in the future. I’m also a big believer in adults learning how to ...(Click Here To Read The Article)
When we tend to think and talk about Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), we often think in an incident-specific way e.g. a fight where a punch was thrown, a threat that was made, an object that was thrown. However, research has found that the lived reality of IPV can’t simply be reduced to a series of violent episodes/incidents. For many survivors/victims, the most devastating part of their abuse is not the violence itself but the atmosphere in which they are made to live, i.e., a continuous, low-l...(Click Here To Read The Article)
Some of us might know a person who finds it hard to let go of an injustice, whether real or perceived, that was committed against them. In some cases, it may be a minor one and with others a more major one. However, whilst most people are able to move on even when the injustice was notable and significant, there are those who just can’t seem to move past it. Some people keep their fixation private, whilst others want everyone to know about it, and may look for any opportunity in a conversation t...(Click Here To Read The Article)
There is often a disagreement amongst Krav Maga practitioners as to whether Krav Maga is a martial art or not. Personally, I’m of the opinion that it is, and that to properly progress and develop within the system you have to at some point practice it as a martial art in order to develop skills and abilities. However, it is not the purpose of this article to debate the ways in which Krav Maga differs from formal and traditional martial arts. I have several black belts in formal/traditional marti...(Click Here To Read The Article)
There is often a tendency in personal safety and self-defense circles to focus on the external rather than the internal e.g., that the behaviors and actions of others are the problem(s) that need to be dealt with rather than our own. We might never consider that we could be seen by others as a threat or a provocateur of aggression and violence. We might feel/believe that we have the right to get into someone’s face when they commit an injustice against us, but that others don’t have the same rig...(Click Here To Read The Article)
My father, who died recently, played professional football/soccer in the 1960’s and early 70’s; a time when there was very little money in the game, and outside the top-flight many of the players, like my dad, were somewhat semi-professional. So, I grew up in a family which was fairly football obsessed to put it mildly. Even after he left the game he continued to socialize with those still involved e.g., the Glasgow Rangers and Leicester City manager, Jock Wallace, was a golf-partner and drink...(Click Here To Read The Article)
Like with most academic disciplines, criminology has unattributable statements that are often referenced. Often, they involve a paraphrased maxim that circulates withing the discipline rather than a line that is traceable to one individual. One that circulates within criminology is, “without a motive there can’t be a crime.” However, within the criminal justice system and criminology, motive is not a required element of most crimes, whereas intent (mens rea) is. Whilst intent and motive often ov...(Click Here To Read The Article)
The Council on Criminal Justice’s Mid-Year 2025 analysis (42 consistently reporting U.S. cities) found that 11 of 13 types of offenses decreased year over year. Highlights: homicide −17% (327 fewer deaths), gun assault −21%, robbery −20%, carjacking −24%, residential burglary −19%, nonresidential burglary −18%, larceny −12%. There were two exceptions: domestic violence went up by 3% and drug offenses remained largely unchanged. However, compared with the same period in 2024, the first 6 months ...(Click Here To Read The Article)
About a year ago I watched an interview with an ex-Metropolitan (London, UK) police officer who made the claim that a large number of released child sex offenders, lived on boats/barges in order to evade having to sign the UK’s sex offender registry (a claim that a UK tabloid newspaper picked up on but does not appear to have been reported by any other news agencies) e.g., sex-offenders have 28 days – from time of release – to register. However, if they move to another jurisdiction, within those...(Click Here To Read The Article)
I’ve had the misfortune to have to deal with people on PCP (phencyclidine), sometimes referred to as “Angel Dust” a number of times, and on each occasion it wasn’t pretty. Fortunately, I was always part of a team and had assistance; I’m not sure what the outcome would have been otherwise. On one occasion I saw someone who weighed about the same as a photocopy of themselves get the better of two semi-professional boxers who both went on to win commonwealth titles. There may be some reading this a...(Click Here To Read The Article)