Crime Analyst

Thank you so much for your care and sensitivity of the victims of coercive control! Advocating for them, not glorifying. The perpetrator, is so refreshing! Laura’s sensitivity and care is so greatly appreciated by so many of us who have experienced coercive control. Even if it was on a much lower level than many of the crimes that you highlight. We all need to stop turning a blind eye,m and making excuses for these perpetrators by requiring the laws to be changed, so that perpetrators are stopped early in the process…BEFORE someone loses their life. When someone is being coercively controlled, and the police say, “there’s no crime” that simply must change! This podcast is a huge step in the right direction to bring awareness to this problem…and how we as a society can start identifying this bad behavior at its earliest stages and stopping it in its tracks!

Have been listening to the episodes re: Gabby Petito. Laura, your analysis of coercive control, how the officers missed it, and your research on this issue is invaluable. Like too many other women, I could’ve met the same fate as Gabby Petito. I’m so thankful for the work that you’re doing to spread awareness of this issue, especially among law-enforcement, and there has been times where I have broken down in tears listening to these episodes knowing you see us and are working tirelessly to help us be heard.

Such an excellent show with victim focused, knowledgeable, compassionate and reliable content. Have loved her work on Real Crime Profile. Great to have another show to follow.

Laura Richards makes the world a safer place for women and girls! She explains coercive control and ‘murder in slow motion.’ Her decades of experience & training in crime analysis and prevention come through in every episode. Her 20+ episode series on Gabby Petito is a great place to start. “Stay curious and listen to your gut”