Choosing Partners for a Neighborhood Watch Patrol

Worried about crime in your area? Perhaps you might consider setting up a Neighborhood Mobile Watch Patrol in your area and use the business community and their traveling service and deliver vehicles as extra roving eyes and ears for the police. These vehicles already travel your city and they could report suspicious behavior to authorities.

Setting Up a Neighborhood Mobile Watch Patrol in Northwest Los Angeles

One way a community can combat crime is to get with the business community and set up a neighborhood watch patrol, where local companies on their routes with work vehicles report suspicious behavior to authorities. It works.

The Latest Child Abuse Statistics

Learn about child abuse statistics, how it really affects you and society, and how to overcome it.

New Gift Card Scam Alert

Did you know that the gift card scams you've been hearing about on the news are not the gift card scams you really need to worry about? This article explains why ScamBusters is warning that it is the little-known gift card scams that pose the biggest threats this holiday season.

2006 Saw a Resurgence in US Violence Rates

In some parts of the US, violence rates were higher than they have been in decades. Professionals seek the reasons and the cure. Prevention should play a major role in this effort.

Street Crimes

Street crimes are often referred to serious criminal offences whereas criminology should not consider street crimes as criminal ones.

Anger In American-How Do We Match Up?

A statistical comparison of anger in counties. Statistics are way to measure how events, people or behaviors compare to others. So how does America match up with other countries in regards to Anger? Believe me when I say we are no 1996 Chicago Bulls. To my knowledge there are no anger statistics and to reiterate anger is not the primary problem. It’s violence and aggression that gets us in trouble.

Mexican Mafia

Mexican Mafia, or the Texas Syndicate was formed in 1978 and thereafter became one of the largest and most powerful prison gangs.

Sexual Abuse

Sexual abuse draws much attention of researches, psychologists, therapists, legislators and politicians. However, there are still many questions which are open for discussion.

Clergy Sexual Child Abuse-Myths

Myths regarding Catholic Priests and sexual child abuse abound. The most damaging myth is that Catholic clergy sexual child abuse is more prevalent than in other religious sects. This myth perpetuates a sense of false safety for these families.

Senator Mark Foley's Sexual Predatory Behavior with Under-age Boys Categorized—Political Blunder

To categorize Foley's sexual solicitation of under-age boys as a political blunder is reckless, reprehensible, irresponsible and inexcusable. Although, Foley didn't violate any House Ethics rules, he committed a sexual capital crime against a minor. Foley's behavior was an egregious crime against a minor. The fact Mr. Foley has yet to be arrested is beyond comprehension.

Holiday Season Safety and Security

The Holiday Season can be a joyous time. Just be aware of the possible hidden dangers to prevent an otherwise happy time becoming a tragedy.

Anatomy of a Mugging

This is a description of how to recognize potential danger at the hands of criminals. The article is a basic guideline as to the elements necessary for crimes to take place. The reader can view valuable links to more in depth studies in order to be informed about danger signals, and in so doing, be better protected from the damage of violent crime.

Is Mace Spray the Best Form of Self Protection?

In the hands of reasonable people, pepper or mace spray can be a valuable self defense tool. However, it is so important to remember at all times that they are also weapons, and must be handled with a high degree of skill and confidence.

Child Abuse

Child abuse is harm done to a child by another person or neglect of a child, this person can be either a child or an adult. Unfortunately child abuse is met in all cultures, in all ethnic and income groups. The fact that only recently and only in some certain countries and cultures the child abuse started to be seen as one of the major social problems, is really surprising. Child abuse also turned out to be the main cause of people’s sufferings and personal problems.