Scores Of Floridians Named In Boy Scout 'Perversion Files'
The Boy Scouts'"perversion files" have been released and the names of at least 160 Floridians are among the 1,000 former Boy Scout leaders and volunteers accused of sexually abusing Boy Scouts between...
View ArticleLauren Book Tells Tale Of Tragedy To Help Other Sexual Abuse Survivors
The person who robbed me of six years of my childhood wasn't a stranger, or even an acquaintance. My abuser was my live-in female nanny, someone who my parents trusted implicitly.I know what you’re...
View ArticleHere's How – And Why – One South Florida Woman Is Training To Climb Mount...
For tourists visiting Fort Lauderdale, a stroll across the massive 17th Street Causeway Bridge affords a rare panorama of bustling Port Everglades and the city-block-sized cruise ships that navigate...
View ArticleMiami Sex Abuse Victim Finishes Fourth Walk Across Florida
Around this time of year, a lot of people walk to achieve the highly coveted yellow-polka-dot-bikini body.Lauren Book walks to help mend lives.
View ArticleChild Abuse Prevention
05/30/13 - Thursday's Topical Currents begins with an explanation of the Florida “Protection of Vulnerable Persons Act.” Child abuse reporting is now mandatory even for non-parents or caregivers.
View ArticleIn Florida, 'Revenge Porn' Is A Moving Target
Lovers in happy times often take intimate photos and videos of each other. But after an angry break-up, those images can become weapons.It happened to Holly Jacobs, a Ph.D.-level researcher who lives...
View ArticleDomestic Violence Or Human Trafficking? The State Is Just Learning To Tell
Katherine Fernandez Rundle, State Attorney for Miami-Dade County, says she had never heard of any criminal cases involving human-trafficking victims in Miami.
View ArticleSexual Assault, The Role That Technology Sometimes Plays, And The Lack Of...
09/30/14 - According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, every two minutes an American is sexually assaulted. 80% of the victims are under the age of 30, and 44% are under 18. Tuesday’s...
View ArticleColleges Straddle Line Between Assault Prevention And Victim-Blaming
As efforts increase around the nation to combat campus sexual assault, one aspect of prevention seems to confound schools the most: how to warn students about staying safe — without sounding like...
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Bill Would Clear Way For Recordings In Sexual-Abuse Cases
Moving quickly after the Florida Supreme Court ordered a new trial for a man convicted of sexually abusing his stepdaughter, a state lawmaker Friday filed a bill that would allow secretly recorded...
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Some Hopeful Bill Allowing Young Sex Abuse Victims To Secretly Record Abusers...
Listen to the story!At least one lawmaker has followed through on an
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North Miami Senior High Marred In Rape Allegations
Four male students are accused of raping a mentally disabled girl in a janitor's closet at North Miami Senior High earlier this year. The cases are making it through the legal system, but it turns out...
View ArticleHere's How – And Why – One South Florida Woman Is Training To Climb Mount...
For tourists visiting Fort Lauderdale, a stroll across the massive 17th Street Causeway Bridge affords a rare panorama of bustling Port Everglades and the city-block-sized cruise ships that navigate...
View ArticleMiami Sex Abuse Victim Finishes Fourth Walk Across Florida
Around this time of year, a lot of people walk to achieve the highly coveted yellow-polka-dot-bikini body . Lauren Book walks to help mend lives. Book ended her fourth annual trek on Tuesday, walking...
View ArticleChild Abuse Prevention
05/30/13 - Thursday's Topical Currents begins with an explanation of the Florida “Protection of Vulnerable Persons Act.” Child abuse reporting is now mandatory even for non-parents or caregivers....
View ArticleIn Florida, 'Revenge Porn' Is A Moving Target
Lovers in happy times often take intimate photos and videos of each other. But after an angry break-up, those images can become weapons. It happened to Holly Jacobs, a Ph.D.-level researcher who lives...
View ArticleDomestic Violence Or Human Trafficking? The State Is Just Learning To Tell
Katherine Fernandez Rundle, State Attorney for Miami-Dade County, says she had never heard of any criminal cases involving human-trafficking victims in Miami. But the National Human Trafficking...
View ArticleSexual Assault, The Role That Technology Sometimes Plays, And The Lack Of...
09/30/14 - According to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network , every two minutes an American is sexually assaulted. 80% of the victims are under the age of 30, and 44% are under 18. Tuesday’s...
View ArticleColleges Straddle Line Between Assault Prevention And Victim-Blaming
As efforts increase around the nation to combat campus sexual assault, one aspect of prevention seems to confound schools the most: how to warn students about staying safe — without sounding like...
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