He’ll arrive in the same ill-fitting suit, standing on tiptoes — trying to look tall while acting impossibly small.The performance will be familiar. Practised. Rehearsed over decades. Inside the courtroom:The trembling voice.The crocodile tears.The carefully curated victim card. Outside the courtroom:The sudden hysteria.The laughter that comes too quickly.The forced smile stretching over those gruesome teeth,… Read More Court day again.

D-Day. ⚖️ Another court case.Another bundle of evidence.Another performance from the soon-to-be ex featuring: selective memory creative storytelling and that familiar eau de bullshit Luckily, facts don’t get tired.Truth doesn’t need rehearsal.And paperwork doesn’t care how confident a lie sounds. Popcorn ready.Receipts filed.Let’s proceed. — Linda Carol

Confidence Confidence is quiet, grounded, and non-performative. It doesn’t need an audience. It doesn’t need to prove itself right. It allows disagreement without contempt. It sounds like: “This is what I know to be true for me.” Confident people don’t harden when challenged — they stay curious, calm, and secure. Righteousness Righteousness is ego dressed up as moral certainty.… Read More righteousness and confidence are often confused, and the confusion causes real harm.

🔴 Cruelty vs Danger Cruelty Cruelty is harm intended to hurt, humiliate, or dominate, but it may not always put you at immediate risk of death or serious injury. Name-calling, mocking, or verbal degradation Withholding money, affection, or resources Controlling who you see or what you do Threatening or intimidating without following through Key point: Cruelty is psychologically… Read More 🔴 Cruelty vs Danger

When people tell you “just move on,” what they’re really saying is:“Let the abuser keep going. Let them hurt someone else.” They act like abuse is a one-off event that magically disappears if you ignore it — but it doesn’t.Abuse rarely is isolated. It almost never just vanishes. Too often: Folks don’t do the homework — they overlook the red flags.… Read More Real safety

🔴 What a DASH Score of 21 Means A DASH score of 21 places a case firmly in the high-risk category. In most UK police forces and safeguarding services: 14+ is considered high risk 21 is well above the threshold This level of score indicates a significant risk of serious harm or homicide, based on known evidence from domestic… Read More High DASH score

🔴 How DASH Scores Are Often Misunderstood The DASH (Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Honour-Based Violence) risk assessment is one of the most important tools used in domestic abuse cases — and one of the most misunderstood. 1️⃣ “The score is low, so the risk is low” ❌ False DASH is not a points-based test where a low number equals safety.… Read More DASH scores

Here is a clear, plain-English explanation of DASH reports and forensic psychologists, and how they interact in domestic abuse, coercive control, and safeguarding cases (UK-relevant, but principles apply more broadly). 🔴 DASH REPORTS (Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Honour-Based Violence) What a DASH report is A DASH risk assessment is a structured professional tool used to assess the risk of serious harm or homicide in domestic abuse cases. It… Read More DASH – reports

Here’s a plain-language summary of research by John F. Edens and colleagues that’s relevant to psychopathy assessment tools like the PCL-R (Psychopathy Checklist–Revised), how they’re used, and some scientific and legal context: 🧠 Who John F. Edens Is John F. Edens, Ph.D., is a forensic and clinical psychology researcher whose work focuses on psychopathy assessment, risk evaluation, and the use—and sometimes misuse—of tools… Read More PCL-R tests