Safe, Not Sorry: Keeping Yourself and Your Family Safe in a Violent Age - Softcover

Metaksa, Tanya

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060987235 ISBN 13: 9780060987237

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 1998

Synopsis

It Could Happen to You

Three out of four women will have a crime committed against them in their lifetime.

You Are Alone

The police won';t help: There are no arrests in approximately 53 percent--more than half--of all violent crimes.

The courts won't help: With half of all convicted rapist spending less than one year in jail, a potential rapist could be walking the streets near your home right now.

Your partner won't help: Department of Justice studies report that 60 percent of female murder victims were killed by people they knew--husbands, ex-husbands, family members, or friends. Seventy-eight percent of women who are raped, beaten, or robbed are attacked by people they know.

Refuse to be a Victim: Be Safe, Not Sorry

• According to a University of Chicago study, states that permit citizens to carry concealed handguns have reduced murders by 8.5 percent, rapes by 5 percent, and aggravated assaults by 7 percent.

• 1,570 murders, 4,177 rapes, 12,000 robberies, and 60,000 aggravated assaults could have been prevented each year since 1992 is all states permitted citizens to carry handguns for protection.

• Total violent crimes is 11 percent lower in states with "right-to-carry" laws.

• Criminals respond to threats of deterrence: 40 percent of felons report that they have not committed one ore more crimes because they feared their victims were armed.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0060987235
• ISBN 13: 9780060987237
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240