The gift of fear : survival signals that protect us from violence /
Covering all the dangerous situations people typically face -- street crime, domestic abuse, violence in the workplace -- de Becker provides real-life examples and offers specific advice on restraining orders, self-defense, and more. But the key to self-protection, he demonstrates, is learning how t...
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| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Little, Brown,
[1997]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- In the presence of danger
- The technology of intuition
- The academy of prediction
- Survival signals
- Imperfect strangers
- High-stakes predictions
- Promises to kill (understanding threats)
- Persistence, persistence (dealing with people who refuse to let go)
- Occupational hazards (violence in the workplace)
- Intimate enemies (domestic violence)
- "I was trying to let him down easy" (date stalking)
- Fear of children (violent children)
- Better to be wanted by the police than not to be wanted at all (attacks against public figures)
- Extreme hazards
- The gift of fear.