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Personal Safety and Security Specialists |
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Citizen Crime Alert
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We study and know how crimes happen
We know how you become a victim of a crime
We know the weak spots
We can help you from becoming a victim of a crime
Special Alert Topic
In general most crime categorizes have been on the decrees. There is one type of crime that when it does occur has a high possibility of ending in death or serious injury.
Abductions and kidnapping
Most female abductions result in serious injury, rape and possible death. This topic will receive special attention in a future article.
Crime statistics
Please review below:
Approximately
half of all robberies, about a quarter of all assaults, and roughly a twelfth of
all rapes/sexual assaults involved an armed assailant. About 90% of homicide
victims were killed with a weapon.
In 2003, U.S. residents age 12 or older experienced approximately 24 million crimes, according to findings from the National Crime Victimization Survey.
In 2003 for every 1,000 persons age 12 or older, there occurred
Murders were the least frequent violent victimization — about 6 murder victims per 100,000 persons in 2002.
Weapon use
In 2003, 24% of the incidents of violent crime, a weapon was present.
Offenders had or used a weapon in 45% of all robberies, compared with 11% of all rapes/sexual assaults in 2003.
Homicides are most often committed with guns, especially handguns. In 2002, 51% of homicides were committed with handguns, 16% with other guns, 13% with knives, 5% with blunt objects, and 16% with other weapons.
Place of occurrence
Workplace
| School | Region | Urban, suburban, ruralIn 2003 about a quarter of incidents of violent crime occurred at or near the victim’s home. Among common locales for violent crimes were on streets other than those near the victim’s home (17%), at school (14%), or at a commercial establishment (7%).
About one in four violent crimes occurred in or near the victim’s home. Including these, about half occurred within a mile from home and 76% within five miles. Only 4% of victims of violent crime reported that the crime took place more than fifty miles from their home.
Twenty-two percent of victims of violent crime reported being involved in some form of leisure activity away from home at the time of their victimization. Twenty-three percent said they were at home, and another 19% mentioned they were at work or traveling to or from work when the crime occurred.
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Avoiding Criminal Attack and Controlling a Violent Encounter
Personal Conduct to Minimize Violence
Follow these suggestions in your daily interactions with people to de- escalate potentially violent situations. if at any time a person’s behavior starts to escalate beyond your comfort zone, disengage and re-evaluate.
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Call a person by their name• Project calmness: move and speak slowly, quietly and confidently.
• Be an empathetic listener encourage the person to talk and listen patiently.
• Focus your attention on the other person to let them know you are interested in what they have to say.
• Maintain a relaxed yet attentive posture and position yourself at a right angle rather than directly in front of the other person.
• Acknowledge the person’s feelings that you can see he or she is upset
• Ask for small specific favors such as asking the person to move to a quieter area, if needed.
• Establish ground rules if unreasonable behavior persists, calmly describe the consequences of any violent behavior
• Use delaying tactics which will give the person time to calm down. For example, offer a drink of water
• Be reassuring and point out choices, break big problems into smaller more manageable problems
• Accept criticism in a positive way, when a complaint might be true, use statements like "You’re probably right" or "It was my fault " If the criticism sounds unwarranted ask clarifying questions.
Don’t
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Use styles of communication which generate hostility such as apathy, brush off, coldness condescension, robotics going strictly by the rules or giving the run-around.• Pose in challenging stances such as standing directly opposite someone, hands on hips or crossing your arms. Avoid any physical contact, finger pointing or fixed eye Contact.
• Make sudden movements which can be seen as threatening, notice the tone volume and rate of your speech.
• Challenge threaten or dare the individual.
• Never belittle the person or make him/her feel foolish.
• Criticize or act impatiently toward the individual.
• Try to make the situation seem less serious than it is.
• Make false statements Or promises you cannot keep.
• Try to impart a lot of technical or complicated information when emotions are high.
• Take sides or agree with distractions.
• Invade the individual’s personal space. Make sure there is a space of 3' to 6' between you and the person.
Space (Proxemics)
Always be aware of how your distance from the other person affects him/her and your safety.
Being in the other persons personal zone may make them uncomfortable and put you at risk of an unexpected attack with no time to react.
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