And still on the subject of lite crime...

Laurie Petrie, spokeswoman for the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services--according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer--said this of a 14-year-old boy who was beaten by his father, leaving welts and belt marks on his skin: "...we would be looking at that as possible abuse."

Possible abuse? I'd love to know what Petrie considers clear-cut abuse.

The father, by the way, is a member of the Cleveland City Council.