One week ago today Pres. Obama signed a memorandum creating a task force to combat sexual assaults on the nation's college campuses. He gave the task force 90 days to draw some recommendations on how to deal with sexual assaults on college campuses-both on how to prevent them and how people respond to them-specifically law enforcement and University officials. Read the whole...

more info HERE As widespread and rampant as domestic abuse is all over the world, it was surprising to learn that the UK did not have a specific offense making domestic abuse a crime. But now lawmakers from all parties there are sponsoring a U.S. style law that would make sentences reflect whether domestic abuse, both physical and psychological, was part of...

more info here The Los Angeles times recently did a story about occidental colleges' deliberate under reporting of sexual assaults on campus. Read the Los Angeles Times article HERE. The tiny Los Angeles College has been the center of a firestorm revolving around sexual assaults on college campuses. In October the college said it failed to disclose two dozen sexual assaults made...

In this post we will discuss the major types of stun guns so you can get an idea what's available. They all work the same way but some have more utility than others and therefore are not designed the same way. click for more info Perhaps the most popular are Cell Phone Stunguns. These are small, powerful stun devices that are disguised...

This is a very comprehensive, thoughtful article about whether or not colleges can actually prevent sexual assault. "Drinking puts you at risk of sexual assault... if you are around a rapist. Of course, it's easy to focus on alcohol as a cause of the campus rape epidemic. Doing so is manageable, it's easy to deal with, and it's gives us a concrete...

click image for more info "New Zealand Police look set to buy thousands of canisters of a potent new pepper spray that is more than six times stronger than the one currently used. Sabre Red from America looks just like the old spray on the police tool belt, but is more likely to stop offenders in their tracks. "Our current spray, which...