Protect Yourself from Becoming a Victim.
Don't let the fear of crime rule your life.
Women aged 15 to 24 are the most likely people in Australia to be victims of crime. With sexual assault, drink spiking and theft on the increase. This book offers simple strategies to prevent crimes happening to you or your loved ones. Julia Holden shares the safety secrets she learned working as a police officer for 22 years.
She believes that women don't have to be stronger than their attackers - just smarter. And she gets specific about how to tell a guy who's bothering you at a bus stop to get lost, how to stop an assailant dead in his tracks with words or self-defence - when to report a creepy co-worker, how to secure your home and how to plan your escape from a violent relationship.
Consider the statistics:
- 800,000 Australians were victims of at least one robbery or assault last year.
- One in three burglaries occurs while the victim is at home, often with doors unlocked.
- Three in four cars are stolen in "opportunistic" thefts due to people leaving their doors unlocked, keys in the ignition or the car ticking over while they run into a shop.
- One in four women experiences at least one instance of domestic violence.
As Julia Holden puts it: "Nobody appears to be teaching much about safety yet there have been big increases in crimes such as sexual assault, mobile phone theft, stalking and drink spiking." Read this book and learn how not to be a victim.
