Last week we introduced you to the new "game" in town called the "knockout game." Now a pair of NY state Assemblymen introduced a bill that would mandate a minimum prison term for anyone convicted of aggravated assault related to the controversial "Knockout Game." Reports of "Knockout Game" attacks — in which someone sneaks up to a random person and tries to...

ABC did a story recently about the latest technique that criminals used to steal purses from women. The people who do it are called “sliders.” These criminals pull in next to a parked car that is driven by a woman at a gas station. They know that most women leave their purses or handbags on the front seat when they get out...

click for more info The New York Daily News recently did a story showing that two out of every three murders of women in New York City in 2012 was the result of domestic violence and domestic abuse. "In 2012, 68% of all murders of women in our city were related to domestic violence, up from 54% in 2011, with the highest...

more info here Some senior design students at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend Indiana have decided to raise awareness of the link between sexual assault and alcohol in a creative way. You can read their whole story HERE. The students decided on this campaign after the abnormally high number of campus alerts for sexual assault this past semester. The...

click for more details The BBC program "Panorama" uncovered systematic abuse of residents at a care facility called Winterbourne View near Bristol. This was the catalyst for the watchdog Care Quality Commission (CQC) to use hidden cameras in care homes to prevent abuse and neglect. They will also use ‘mystery shopper’ type schemes as it looks to protect vulnerable people “by any...

click for more details Three burglars broke into a home in Kansas City, Kansas recently and stole a computer, two televisions, five guitars and many other valuables. The local Fox television station did a story which you can read HERE. The homeowner had recently installed surveillance cameras after his home had been burglarized. The cameras picked up images of the burglars which...