Dangerous Liaisons

Managing the psychological toll of high-pressure work. Caroline speaks with Ruth Fogg about how stress develops and impacts both physical and mental health.

The conversation explores the critical role of personal and professional boundaries in preventing burnout, deconstructing the mind-body connection for individuals navigating challenging environments daily.

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Breaking the silence after trauma. Caroline speaks with advocate and author Madeleine Black about the long process of recovery and rebuilding life after sexual violence.

The conversation deconstructs how systemic silence and shame affect a survivor’s sense of self, exploring the power of storytelling and insights from her book, Unbroken. Content note: This episode includes discussions on sexual violence.

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Digital footprints and exploitation gaps. Caroline speaks with Professor Hossam Elshenraki about how everyday use of social media, apps, and smart technology creates unrecognised risk patterns.

The conversation deconstructs data privacy, encryption, and the hidden tracking vulnerabilities that open up opportunities for exploitation and child trafficking. Content note: This episode includes discussions on child trafficking.

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Understanding women who kill. Caroline speaks with Dr Kathryn Whiteley PhD, about her critical research with women serving life sentences in maximum-security prisons across different countries.

The conversation examines their experiences of harm, trauma, and incarceration, exploring how listening to women's own accounts can offer professionals deep insight into the pathways that lead to serious violence.

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Supporting stalking victims in the community. Caroline speaks with West Yorkshire Independent Stalking Advocate Ady Lowe about how his frontline service supported victims in practice.

The conversation explores the practical role of community-based advocacy, looking at safety planning, recovery, and how their team helped individuals navigate the criminal justice system at the time.

A note on this episode: since recording, West Yorkshire Independent Stalking Advocacy has been absorbed into Leeds Women's Aid, and Ady's contract was subsequently terminated under their female-only policy. This conversation remains a valuable record of the frontline advocacy work as it was delivered at the time, and the service change since is worth noting in its own right.

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How grooming operates within wider exploitation. Caroline speaks with intelligence and frontline professional Adam Zarnowski, a former CIA officer and specialist in human trafficking about how predatory behaviours systematically target and increase vulnerability.

The conversation examines why grooming patterns are frequently missed by standard reviews and highlights the vital importance of multi-agency responses that address root causes rather than surface indicators.

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Why perpetrator stalking doesn't fit into five boxes. Caroline reviews two decades of research to examine why traditional typologies fail to map modern perpetrator dynamics on the front line.

The conversation reflects on the long-term systemic risks of using static checklists and highlights the ongoing danger of staff labelling individuals without realising the severe legal liabilities involved.

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How do we judge safety when meeting someone for the first time? Caroline speaks with deception and behavioural expert Cliff Lansley PhD about why human instinct alone can be unreliable when reading risk.

Together, they walk through specific behavioural cues and the practical dynamics of staying aware during face-to-face encounters. Cliff Lansley serves as a scientific adviser on the Discovery Channel series Faking Itwith Dawn Archer, Kerry Daynes.

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Most people think stalking comes from relationships. That's the problem. At its core, a dangerous liaison is any connection or alliance that results in harm, systemic failure, or entrapment. Hosted by critical criminology researcher Caroline Saul, this podcast features free-flowing conversations with researchers, PhD professionals, and front-line practitioners. Together, we explore and dissect perpetrator dynamics, expand on duty of care to the victim, and confront the standalone reality of abuse, looking past the surface to expose the systemic blind spots that let harm go unseen.