KINSA has responded swiftly to the story that made headline news yesterday, wherein for the first time in Canadian legal history, a father was accused of and sentenced for child sexual abuse in real time of his own daughter.December 21, 2007Disgusting sentence for abusive fatherDecember 20, 2007Defendant dad in child molestation case gets 20 months in jail, 3 years of probation

Paul Gillespie reports that the training sessions at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology with investigators from the Romanian National Police went very well. The sessions, encompassing the Computer Facilitated Sexual Exploitation of Children Course, ran from December 3rd to 7th, and offered presentations on:    * Victim management and interviewing techniques   ... [More]

In late November, Manitoba introduced legislation that could amend the province's Child and Family Services Act to expand the definition of child abuse to encompass child pornography. On December 3, the Globe and Mail responded with the editorial "A bill too far".In turn, Paul Gillespie has responded with the following letter to the editor:Your editorial, A Bill Too Far (Dec. 3), rightly points ou... [More]

KINSA is pleased to announce that Julian Sher's One Child at a Time: The Global Fight to Rescue Children from Online Predators has been cited by the Globe and Mail as one of the top 100 books of 2007. Read the mini-review here. It praises Sher's "superb job" going behind the headlines to show how law enforcement officers are fighting back against the tide of abuse, and how invest... [More]