Calling for help, calling the police.
Aggression or violence towards parents (or other family members) by their children or teenagers is more common than most people believe and it is something that is usually not talked about. It can involve abusive language, frightening, ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Orlagh Cassidy
Deborah Monroe and her daughter, Grace, are driving home from a party when their car hits a man running in the dark. Grace was at the wheel, but Deborah sends her home before the police arrive, determined to shoulder the blame for... The Secret ... [... more]
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Kids Help Line (Australia)
Children from families in all walks of life run away from home for all kinds of reasons. Most runaways reported to the police are found within 48 hours. Usually they come back within this time but this can be a very scary time for parents and family. [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
Karen Traviss
Karen Traviss is a former defense correspondent and TV and newspaper journalist. She's worked in public relations for the police and local government and has served in the Royal Naval Auxiliary Service and the Territorial Army. The USA Today ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Jane Elliott
Jane Elliott is a pseudonym. The author first decided to tell her story to the police after taking inspiration from Dave Pelzer's powerful memoir A Child Called It and becoming convinced that she could no longer remain a silent victim of the ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Robin Lumsden
The SS originated as Hitler's personal bodyguard and following his rise to power in 1933 the organisation divided into two: the Waffen-SS, which comprised the military wing, and the Allgemeine-SS, whose role was to support the police in ... [... more]
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Christoph Niemann
In this funny and tender picture book for the youngest child, a fluffy cloud gets a job (with the help of his friend the police helicopter) as a police officer. But no matter how hard he tries, the qualities that make him a cloud seem to get in ... [... more]
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Derek Mahon
Singapore, 1939: life on the eve of World War II just isn't what it used to be for Walter Blackett, head of British Singapore's oldest and most powerful firm. No matter how forcefully the police break one strike, the natives go on strike ... [... more]
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Paul Barber
One spring morning two men cutting peat in a Danish bog uncovered a well-preserved body of a man with a noose around his neck. Thinking they had stumbled upon a murder victim, they reported their discovery to the police, who were baffled until ... [... more]
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J.R. Weil / AUTHOR CATALOG
In his long career as a confidence man, Joseph "Yellow Kid" Weil swindled the public of more than eight million dollars and established the reputation for robbery and trickery. Always beating the police... J.R. Weil and W.T. Brannon [... more]
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Gini Sikes
Dismissed by the police as mere adjuncts to or gofers for male gangs, girl gang members are in fact often as emotionally closed off and dangerous as their male counterparts. Carrying razor blades in their mouths and guns in their jackets for ... [... more]
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Simon Tolkien
One summer night, two men break into an isolated manor house and kill Lady Anne Robinson. Her teenage son, Thomas, convinces the police that Greta Grahame, his father's beautiful personal assistant, sent the killers, but Thomas is known for his ... [... more]
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