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 |
Laura Wilson
Nominated for the Crime Writers' Association Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award They lie, three elderly recluses shot to death, in a musty 1950s London town house crammed with hoarded belongings. When the death scene yields no clues, the police ... [... more]
Random House |
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 has worked in public relations for the police and local government, and has served in the Royal Naval Auxiliary Service and the Territorial Army. The New York ... [... 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 |
Christoph Niemann
Christoph Niemann has illustrated covers for The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and The New York Times Magazine. He is the creator of the picture book The Police Cloud, and the illustrator of The Boy with Two Belly Buttons, by Stephen J. ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Pornography on the internet
The definition of 'child pornography' differs from one legal jurisdiction to the next across the world. This makes it difficult to establish uniform laws to police the Internet. Australians can report illegal sites to the Australian Broadcasting ... [... more]
Better Health |
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]
Random House |
J.R. Weil
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... A Master Swindler's Own Story J.R. [... more]
Random House |
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]
Random House |
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]
Random House |
Richard North Patterson
When the body of nine-year old Thuy Sen is found in the San Francisco Bay, the police quickly charge Rennell and Payton Price with her grisly murder. A twelve-person jury, abetted by an incompetent defense lawyer, is nearly as quick to find the ... [... more]
Random House |
