Making Hostile Words Harmless: A Guide to the Power of Positive Speaking For Helping Professionals and Their Clients Review

The methods described in this book are easy to use and render any verbal assaults harmless. When insulted or critized, I used to sulk, overthink, insult back, feel helpless or nearly kill myself trying to please everyone. Most of us aren't taught by our parents or school how to deflect negativity without experiencing some negativity ourselves. I can't say how priceless and mind-easing this book has been to me. Thank you Ms. Cohen-Posey!!

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More Than Victims: Battered Women, the Syndrome Society, and the Law (Morality and Society Series) Review

Battered women syndrome, unheard of several decades ago, is now the subject of heated debate in courtrooms across America. In More than Victims, Donald Downs offers a sympathetic and powerful analysis of the injustices behind the logic of battered women syndrome, ultimately revealing how that very logic harms those it is trying to protect.

Battered women syndrome proposes that battered women suffer from "learned helplessness," a condition affecting the way these women think, feel, and behave. Downs argues that the syndrome's logic denies women their reason and will, reinforcing their victimization. Drawing on extensive research as well as on personal interviews with abused women and professionals in the field, he attempts to distinguish the syndrome from the reality of domestic abuse.

Downs shows that battered women often adopt heroic means of survival, retaining accurate, reasoned perceptions concerning the actions and intentions of their abusers. To portray battered women as lacking reason and will undermines otherwise valid self-defense claims and hurts women more generally. Courts that have relied on battered women syndrome in child custody cases, for example, have often deprived mothers of custody, declaring them incapable of responsible parenting.

Addressing our "syndrome society" more generally, Downs concludes that we can achieve justice without stripping victims of reason and personal responsibility, the very attributes that make citizenship possible. By taking into account specific situations and accurate perceptions of danger rather than psychological incapacity, battered women can find justice without being reduced to victims.

A persuasive account of how constitutional freedom and individual justice can be threatened by current legal standards, this thorough yet accessible work presents a dramatic rethinking of the criminal justice system.







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Soft Targets: A Woman's Guide To Survival Review

Detective Mike Varnado has done it again! Similar to "Loss of Faith: Victims of Dead Man Walking", he has taken true to life crimes, not those of the Hollywood version mind you, and detailed them in an easy to understand format to protect yourself and others from from tragedy.
This book not only explains the backgrounds of the criminal acts and victims of crime, but also explains what could have and should have been done to best avoid the worst case scenario. While this book may not save every person in the world from the criminal mind, it will most certainly make you a harder target to be taken advantage of. This is a MUST READ book for anyone within the criminal justice system, homeland security, and even those of a most passive mindset. Criminals DO exist. Please don't think you may never be a victim. Read the book, and your chances of becoming a victim of crime are reduced significantly.
Detective Mike rocks! I've never met the man, but it is clearly obvious he knows what he's talking about. Don't be fooled by Hollywood granduer - learn it from the source. A man who's spent a lifetime making sure everyday citizens do not have to fall prey to crime.

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One Less Victim: A Prevention Guide Review

Genre: Self-help
Title: one less victim
AUTHOR: Doug setter
The news today is filled with stories of horrible crimes inflicted on innocent victims. It can often seem hopeless to honest people who feel defenseless against the endless wave of crime. But it is not so hopeless if we can avoid appearing as a victim to begin with.

"One Less Victim" is a detailed guide to personal safety that covers almost every potential pitfall to victimization, from physical dangers, to Internet scams. Doug Setter educates the reader on avoiding dangerous situations, not appearing as a target, and the power and responsibility of the victim to report the crime. He uses many titles and subtitles for clarity that cover an amazingly broad spectrum of dangerous situations. It is guaranteed that the average reader will find some valuable and enlightening information here.

Doug Setter has a comfortable, streetwise style of writing, allowing anyone to easily access the information in his book. He uses many necessary references, an important ingredient in this sort of self-help book. It does not, however, read like a research project, which makes a great deal of sense when considering the diversity of people the author wants to reach.

Doug Setter has the ideal background to write a book with a straight-forward, streetwise approach to personal crime prevention. He has worked as a crime writer for a Vancouver newspaper, and as an infantry sergeant for the United Nations peacekeepers. He has studied self-defense for 20 years and has been published in several Canadian newspapers.

This book would make a great gift for many, from the new college student leaving home for the first time, to the single senior citizen. It is a very useful book that may very well save the reader from some very unpleasant situation.
Reviewer: Nancy Morris, Allbooks Reviews.


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One Woman Every Minute Review

Rape is not something I want to think about, so when my mom gave me One Woman Every Minute, I was reluctant to read it. I'm so glad I did. I finished it in one evening, and came away feeling confident that I have a better sense of how to act if anyone ever tries to rape me. I especially liked the illustrated self-defense techniques in the book. They were simple, yet looked very effective. I actually feel as though I could fight back if I ever had to.

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7 Weeks to Safe Social Drinking: How to Effectively Moderate Your Alcohol Intake Review

This is the best book I've read about moderate drinking and how to get there.

Most of the time I don't have a problem with alcohol but sometimes it takes
over and I drink too much. I have found the suggestions in this book invaluable,
especially pre-planning my drinking behavior with the tips in the program,
eating while I'm drinking and watching the clock to slow down my drinking.
That's just for starters. Cornett gives lots of tips and also works on your
attitude about alcohol and its importance in your life.

I think this book could change the world and have given it to friends who
drink too much.

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It is my life, my health, my choice, and I Choose to A.C.T. Assailant Countering Tactics: A Woman's Guide to Self Empowerment Review

The over all layout for the book is not too bad. The premise and reality of the action and thought processes seem lacking in real world reference and experience. Over all, the strategies recommended would likely end poorly for the the reader in real life. Pass.

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