TOPICS WE EXPLORE AND PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR

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Assault is intentionally putting another person in reasonable fear of immediate harmful or offensive contact. In many jurisdictions, physical contact is a separate category and is labeled battery

Strategies used to prevent, reduce, or safely exit a potentially dangerous situation by recognizing risks early, creating distance, and using calm communication or behavior to lower tension and avoid conflict

The ability to notice, understand, and interpret your surroundings, people, and potential risks in order to recognize danger early and make safer decisions, this includes cyberspace

Utilizing true crime cases to draw out lesson and prevention tips

An overarching term to describe a number of areas such as kidnapping prevention, molestation prevention, anti bullying

What happens after a crime has occurred in relations to the individual

An overarching term to describe the thought patterns and motivations behind criminals such as escalation patterns, why criminals do what they do, power, etc Predator vs opportunist offenders

Security in the computer world, including keep your computers and information secure,  Doxxing, cyberstalking, account hacking, location tracking

Applies to when your in or around your vehicles such as carjackings, road rage or kidnapping

A pattern of behavior used by one person in a relationship to gain or maintain power and control over another, which can include physical violence, emotional or psychological abuse, sexual coercion, financial control, and intimidation

Intentional acts of deception used to manipulate someone into giving up money, property, or personal information for another’s gain

Having knowledge, skills and attitude to safely and successfully add in firearms to your self defense mindset

Also knowm as profiling. A very popular term where the profilers will get in the minds of the serial  killers to extract a personality profie. Limited efficacytension and avoid conflict.

A catchall term usually referring to firearms items such as a holster, lights, attachments

unwanted physical, verbal, written,online  behavior—such as words, actions, or repeated conduct—that is intended to disturb, threaten, intimidate, or harm another person.

Steps taken to harden your home to prevent home invasion or unwanted instrusion whether your home or not such as security systems, safe rooms, emergency planning, alarms, locks,  porch pirates

Everyday objects used in a defensive manner to protect oneself when no dedicated self-defense tools are available such as a lamp, broom, frying pan, tire iron, phone

Interacting with law enforcement has several components we examine: upon arriving on a scene, they don't know who the good guys or the bad guys are; they may not have the same sense of urgency  about your issue that you expect; they can disappoint by not bringing all the tools or action that you expect to bear on your issue

A bucket term to include how the different emechnisms of courts, police and society as a whole work together and when they don't

When discussing self-defense there are legal issues such as how much force you're allowed to use, where you're allowed but also ethical; Shoud you take those steps?

Developing a protection mindset such as what it takes to overcome, stress reponses, decision making under stress, what preparedness looks like

There are many false ideas, assumptions and " I thought"s , scattered around self-defense. We want to tackle them so you don’t get mislead

A overall term used for items that are used be an individual for force multiplication, early warning, or zone defense such as pepper spray, flashlights, taser, kubotan, personal alarm

Having a knowledge and enforcement of lines to not cross within a relationship

Determining your level of risk and your level of safety

any unwanted sexual contact or behavior that occurs without clear, voluntary consent, including acts carried out through force, coercion, manipulation, or when a person is unable to consent

A pattern of repeated, unwanted attention, contact, or surveillance directed at a person that causes fear, distress, or concern for their safety

Determinants that say this is going to get worse or this is something to pay attention to; signs and flags that something bad is about to happen

There are many different types of trainings from short 1-2 hour lessons, private lessons, 2 day seminars, on line training covering gun handling, protection devices, and hand to hand self-defense

Staying safe when traveling and away from home such as hotel safety, pickpockets, robbery and scams

Instances of harassment or violence including spree shootings that occur at work. There are different rules and expectations that come from the environment