Emily Maitlis, stalking victims and systemic failures
Emily Maitlis recently spoke of her distress and frustration at the Criminal Justice System response to over 20 years of being stalked and I was asked to discuss the issue […]
Grandparents rights in respect of grandchildren
Rachel Horman on BBC Breakfast News 310117 discussing grandparent’s rights in child contact cases from Rachel Horman on Vimeo. Grandparents do not have any specific rights with regard to contact […]
The Blame Game – online dating and stalking. As featured on Crimewatch
The Blame Game – online dating and stalking. BBC Crimewatch September 2016 from Rachel Horman on Vimeo. Online dating sites are increasingly becoming the way that many of us form […]
Sentences for Stalkers need to be increased together with a register to monitor them
Recently I attended an event at the Houses of Parliament to launch the start of a campaign to increase the maximum sentence possible in relation to the criminal offence of […]
National Stalking Awareness Week 2016
This week is National Stalking Awareness Week and it is fair to say that efforts from multiple support groups and agencies including Paladin the National Stalking Advocacy Service which I […]
The Family and Criminal Courts need to stop colluding with stalking and domestic abuse perpetrators
Mandy Dunford has been a victim of serious stalking for almost 10 years and her experience of the Criminal Justice system highlights many of the problems still facing victims of […]
New Domestic Abuse Law – what it means
I was delighted to hear the announcement at the weekend of the commencement date for the new laws around coercive control and domestic abuse. I was involved in the campaign […]
Coercive control – why training for professionals is essential
We are expecting the Government to announce the commencement date for the new law around coercive control within the next few weeks. The legislation will outlaw patterns of controlling or […]
Don’t Ditch the Dash
There has been much debate recently about the benefits of risk assessment tools in Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Honour Based Violence cases and whether risk assessment tools should be abandoned […]
Stalking – Victims are still failed at each stage of the Criminal Justice System #NSAW2015
This week is National Stalking Awareness Week which was first started in 2011 by the Paladin National Stalking Advocacy Service CEO Laura Richards. This year’s theme is “What is Stalking”. […]