Thank you Emma... That is precisely what I was looking for. So I imagine and hope that Mary (and possibly her daughter if needed) receive appropriate psychological care.

Perpetrators typically come from being victims first. I do not like the concept of punishment. I believe it reinforces negative behaviour. Correction and rehabilitation is the remit and responsibility of civilisation.

BTW bubblyrat... pointing out that someone has used (in your opinion) a wrong word is impolite and mean spirited. Same as correcting a mispronunciation.

High"er*ing\, a. Rising higher; ascending.
In ever highering eagle circles. --Tennyson.