The law is far from a substitute for proper crime prevention. The arm of the law can help as a deterrent to crime or, after the fact; try as best as can be done through financial retribution or punishment, to replace the aggrieved party to where they were before the injury. But your best day-to-day bet against crime is proper knowledge about reducing your chances of being a victim, of a tort or a crime. Thus, we believe that our legal information site would be incomplete without a component such as "The Police Station".
Anyone who has ever been the victim of an obscene or harassing phone call knows that it can be not only bothersome but in some cases frightening and intimidating. Questions arise in your mind - Who is he/she? Why me? What do they want? It can become a matter of serious concern. A person who makes annoying, obscene or threatening phone calls is guilty of committing a crime. Many people may not realize it is, in fact, against the law to use profane, obscene or abusive language over the phone, or to use a telephone to harass people.
Apartment security should begin from the moment you start to look at potential apartments. Here are some questions to ask yourself when you are inspecting for the first time.
Every community has felt the sting of child abduction. Sooner or later, those who we allow to walk among us, offend by taking a child against his or her will and ..... Child abduction: where an ounce of prevention outweighs any amount of "cure".
Child sexual abuse is any sexual contact between a child and another person, from fondling to rape, with or without force. It is a heinous crime for which there is no defence nor should there be any societal tolerance. This article looks at the phenomena.
"Cocaine
hydrochloride (coke, snow, blow) is a central nervous system stimulant
that interferes with the reabsorption of dopamine, a neurotransmitter
associated with pleasure and movement" (Brown University). This article reviews what the illicit drug is and how it can harm users.
Statistics show that of all burglaries, break in through a basement window, 1/3 force open a door or window, and 1/3 simply enter through an unlocked door or window using no force at all! Most burglars commit their crime during the day, select homes that look unoccupied, and prefer homes which provide some kind of visual barrier from passers-by, so they will not be seen. With this in mind, the three essential points to crime proofing your home are: make your home look occupied; keep your home visible to neighbours and passers-by; and make it as difficult as possible for someone to break in.
Sixty per cent of college-aged males reported that they would use force in their sexual relations with women if they were sure they would not get caught. This article shows you how to be alive to - and avoid - situations of date rape jeopardy.
It has been thousands of years since mankind has had to fear for its collective safety from animal attack. In today's urban society, threat of animal attack has been all but snuffed out; except for dogs which, in spite of a vast majority of those gentle and domesticated, continue to be the biggest animal threat to urban dwellers. Most dogs are pleasant animals, deserving of the name: "man's best friend". The following advice is for those rare but terrifying moments when a dog attack does occur.
Elder abuse is harm done to persons over the age of 65, by a person in a position of trust, by doing or not doing something. Because the population of many countries is aging, it is expected that this crime will grow in incidence.
Home safety tips for seniors.
It is a sad but horrifyingly real fact that at any moment, thousands of pedophiles are loose on the Internet looking for vulnerable children. From a hiding place such as a fake identity, they prey on the exposure young children or adults create when they legitimately engage in social interaction with their peers. Parents and children must be alive to these risks. MAKE YOUR CHILD READ THIS!
So you're a jogger or, excuuuse me, a RUNNER! Joggers or runners do much of their training on city streets. Their faster speed and their lesser attire make them less visible to traffic. Running or jogging comes with its fair share of natural injuries so it makes sense taking precautions to prevent "unnatural" accidents, the kinds usually caused by the bumper of a car, for example.
Suddenly, and sometimes without warning, some men (and some women) "lose it", spitting venom at loved ones or strangers, some ready, if rebutted, to come to blows. Anger, expressed in criminal or emotional assault, is explosive, extremely destructive one of the biggest causes of crime in modern society. Men are by far the dominant gender in prisons and women commit but a very small proportion of crimes which cause personal injury.
Absorbing daily media leaves poeople with the impression that unprovoked violent attacks are commonplace when in fact they are very rare. That said, there are a number of common sense personal safety guidelines to follow to reduce the chance that you or your loved ones are prey to mentally disordered or violent offenders.
Some statistics: Over 50% of all poisonings occur in children less than five years old. There are over two million reported poisonings in the USA every year. Accidental poisoning account for 10 per cent of all 911 calls and 9 per cent of all hospital emergency room visits. Most child poisonings occur just before meal time, when the child is hungry and under reduced supervision.
According to a 2003 study, the National Retail Security Survey, US retailers lost $33.6 billion of inventory due to employee theft, shoplifting, administrative error and vendor fraud. Forty-seven per cent of retail losses resulted from employee theft, compared to 32% by shoplifting. All consumers pay for retail theft. Here's how you can prevent it.