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Learning from Tragedies

Folklore and fables – from vampire and wolfman legends to tales of The Brothers’ Grimm – tell us of ogres, fiends, and monsters. Today we call them violent criminals. They’ve always plagued us and – as long as passions, madness, and evil exist – always will. Let’s blow away a predator's biggest advantage: the naïveté of the prey.

Pointing out a victim's possible missteps is not “blaming the victim.” Actually, it helps protect the rest of us by teaching us to avoid her innocent mistakes.

As much as we despise the predator and pity the prey, we can’t ignore the contributory negligence of the prey (in more than half of all crimes) – in effect being easy targets for predators. In most cases, this naïveté of the prey - this willful blindness - comes from denying the reality that human monsters do indeed walk among us. As most psychologists will tell you, Ordinary, good people twist reality to create a kinder, gentler world than really exists.

Newsletter Back Issues

► Child Kidnapping - Dangers lurking at the Mall

► Panic Rooms - Where to go in home invasions

► Home Safety Tips - What to do when your doorbell rings

► Emergency Button - A car key’s emergency button might deter predators

► 911 Calls can save you IF you do it right

► Identity Theft - The Top 16 ways to prevent identity theft – it’s all you need

► Home Invasions - Can you prevent a home invasion?

► Child Predators - How to protect a lone child walking to/from school

► Bystander Apathy - Avoid the Bystander Effect when you desperately need help

► Primal Rage - How to avoid Primal Rage & Crimes of Passion

► Rape Victims' Self-Blame - How to redirect that inward anger

► Jaycee Lee Dugard Kidnapping - How Jaycee Lee Dugard could have escaped

► Newsletter - 13-Oct-09 - Phony Home-Buyer Kills Home-Seller

► Newsletter - 22-Sep-09 - Mug-In – Lesson Learned

► Newsletter - 08-Sep-09 - Victim Beats Sex Attacker in the Wilderness

► Newsletter - 25-Aug-09 - The Tragedy Of My Daughter’s Death

► Newsletter - 11-Aug-09 - My Son Was Murdered

► Newsletter - 21-Jul-09 - Scam-Ins To Fool Your Home Security

► Newsletter - 07-Jul-09 - Belgian Day Care Center Stabbings

► Newsletter - 23-Jun-09 - Door-Window Break-In Home Invasion

► Newsletter - 09-Jun-09 - How to prevent Home Invasions

► Newsletter - 26-May-09 - Baby Carriage used as Robbery Ploy

► Newsletter - 12-May-09 - Man Shot for Talking During Movie

► Newsletter - 28-Apr-09 - Woman Escapes Gunman

► Newsletter - 07-Apr-09 - Rape Survivor

► Newsletter - 24-Mar-09 - Bystander Apathy - a.k.a. Bystander Effect

► Newsletter - 10-Mar-09 - A Child Molester’s Fiendish Lure

► Newsletter - 24-Feb-09 - Mug-In On Porch

► Newsletter - 10-Feb-09 - Pet Cat Murder & A Bike Path Assault

► Newsletter - 27-Jan-09 - Pickpockets

► Newsletter - 13-Jan-09 - Woman Escapes Attack & A Female Child Molester

► Newsletter - 23-Dec-08 - Bullying Prevention

► Newsletter - 09-Dec-08 - Craigslist Traps (or any want-ad)

► Newsletter - 25-Nov-08 - Anonymous Hot-Lines – School Shootings

► Newsletter - 11-Nov-08 - Road Rage & Psychopaths

► Newsletter - 28-Oct-08 - Burglars Profile

► Newsletter - 14-Oct-08 - How To Protect Yourself from Online Crime

► Newsletter - 23-Sep-08 - Peeping Toms and Burglars/Rapists

► Newsletter - 09-Sep-08 - Home Invasion

► Newsletter - 26-Aug-08 - Irresponsible Parents

► Newsletter - 12-Aug-08 - A Mother Fighting For Her Son

► Newsletter - 22-Jul-08 - Code Word for Parent-Child Communication

► Newsletter - 08-Jul-08 - Biting an AIDS-Infected Rapist

► Newsletter - 24-Jun-08 - Scam Artist Didn't Fool Sheila

► Newsletter - 10-Jun-08 - Monster Freed

► Newsletter - 27-May-08 - Push-In Home Invasion

► Newsletter - 13-May-08 - Domestic Violence & Safe Rooms

► Newsletter - 22-Apr-08 - Wilderness Crime

► Newsletter - 08-Apr-08 - Laws Soft on Monsters

► Newsletter - 25-Mar-08 - Domestic Violence Intervention

► Newsletter - 11-Mar-08 - Squabble Turns Deadly & Thank You Very Little, Officer

► Newsletter - 26-Feb-08 - Survivor & A grieving parent's plea for help

► Newsletter - 12-Feb-08 - Idiot Lawyers & Shrinks

► Newsletter - 22-Jan-08 - Knock, Knock. Who’s There? Push-In Home Invasion

► Newsletter - 08-Jan-08 - Drew Peterson’s Missing Wife & An Idiot Judge

► Newsletter Recap

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