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Author De Becker, Gavin.

Title The gift of fear : survival signals that protect us from violence / Gavin de Becker.

Publication Info. New York : Dell Pub., [1998]
©1998

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 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  AP 362.82 D    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description x, 420 pages ; 18 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. In the presence of danger -- 2. The technology of intuition -- 3. The academy of prediction -- 4. Survival signals -- 5. Imperfect strangers -- 6. High-stakes predictions -- 7. Promises to kill : understanding threats -- 8. Persistence, persistence : dealing with people who refuse to let go -- 9. Occupational hazards : violence in the workplace -- 10. Intimate enemies : domestic violence -- 11. "I was trying to let him down easy" : date stalking -- 12. Fear of children : violent children -- 13. Better to be wanted by the police than not to be wanted at all : attacks against public figures -- 14. Extreme hazards -- 15. The gift of fear.
Subject Violence -- Psychological aspects.
Victims of crimes -- Psychology.
Women -- Crimes against.
Violent crimes -- Psychological aspects.
Fear.
Intuition.
Crime Victims -- psychology.
Fear.
Intuition.
Psychology, Social.
Violence.
Added Author Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.
ISBN 0440226198
9780440226192
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