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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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”. […]
I was very pleased to hear the announcement by Theresa May on 18 December 2014 confirming that the coalition Government would introduce a criminal offence of coercive control. This is […]
Protective Orders such as Non Molestation Orders, Protection from Harassment Act Restraining orders or Forced Marriage Protection Orders are easily obtained in England and Wales and there are straight forward […]