Description:A 2012 study by the US Center of Disease Prevention and Control reported that one in five women has been raped. It concluded every year around 1.3 million women are victims of rape or attempted rape.’ The rapists are male, typically older, physically stronger than the victim, and sometimes armed. The predator also has the advantage of surprise. When famed security expert Gavin de Becker addresses the subject, he says the “first line of defense is not risking attracting or exposing oneself to a predator in the first place." Good idea, but what steps can females take so as not to “attract” or “expose” themselves to predators? You will find this information and more in my book. Knowledge is always empowering, but in violent confrontations, it can be life saving. In "A Girl’s Guide to the Criminal Mind: The Survival Handbook," readers will learn from FBI profilers, forensic psychologists, and security experts what they can do to protect themselves from being targeted. You’ll also hear from serial killers and rapists as they tell detectives how they approach their victims and plan their crimes.Most serial predators are designated ‘organized offenders’ by the FBI. They pre-plan their crimes for months, even years. They might figure out a character they will play, and start collecting props. They compile a “kill kit.” They copy techniques for abduction from other predators. But while predators plan, their victims go about their lives unaware. Since they so rarely leave anything to chance, we—their potential prey—really shouldn’t either. Serial rapists, like serial killers, take pains to appear normal. They’re often highly verbal, charming and neatly dressed; they’re always manipulative. Forensic psychiatrists say that since these guys can fool them, too, they learned to identify red flags. Those warning signs are in this book.Seventy six percent of the world’s serial killers live in the USA. The only upside to that dubious distinction, is that the FBI conducted in-depth interviews with hundreds of them, and what they learned became the basis of criminal profiling. It also informs my book. Why did these serial killers agree to be interviewed? As Moors murderer Ian Brady sees it: “My life is over, so I can afford an honesty of expression that others cannot.” But it’s also likely that the serial killers enjoyed being the center of attention. Roger Depue, the former head of the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit, recalls that the serial killers proved to be “a treasure trove. Totally lucid and frightening deliberate, they had precise, almost cinematic memories of their crimes. In fact, once they made the decision to cooperate with us they were intelligent, articulate, and often seemed to delight in the retelling of their horrible escapades. It was as if they took pride in their work.”What they disclosed to interrogators was invaluable. As well as information about a violent sex predator’s personality, ruses, and hunting grounds, the FBI learned how they select victims. It’s ironic that the people who need this information the most—women and girls—can’t easily access it, even though as veteran FBI profiler John Douglas urges: “The better women understand these processes and issues, the better they will be able to recognize these behaviors and combat them.”"A Girl’s Guide to the Criminal Mind" covers everything any woman needs to know about the human predator. It deconstructs his favorite ruses, hunting grounds, victim selection, costumes and props. The book is also packed with advice from experts, and survivors who share their stories of escape. The FBI’s own Crime Classification Manual concludes: “In our opinion, knowledge may be the only weapon a victim has in a highly dangerous situation. As such, knowledge can provide a sense of power, as well as the confidence necessary to act rather than resign out of helplessness.” But where will they be able to get this life-saving knowledge. It's inside the pages of this book.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Girl's Guide to the Criminal Mind: The Survival Handbook. To get started finding A Girl's Guide to the Criminal Mind: The Survival Handbook, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Description: A 2012 study by the US Center of Disease Prevention and Control reported that one in five women has been raped. It concluded every year around 1.3 million women are victims of rape or attempted rape.’ The rapists are male, typically older, physically stronger than the victim, and sometimes armed. The predator also has the advantage of surprise. When famed security expert Gavin de Becker addresses the subject, he says the “first line of defense is not risking attracting or exposing oneself to a predator in the first place." Good idea, but what steps can females take so as not to “attract” or “expose” themselves to predators? You will find this information and more in my book. Knowledge is always empowering, but in violent confrontations, it can be life saving. In "A Girl’s Guide to the Criminal Mind: The Survival Handbook," readers will learn from FBI profilers, forensic psychologists, and security experts what they can do to protect themselves from being targeted. You’ll also hear from serial killers and rapists as they tell detectives how they approach their victims and plan their crimes.Most serial predators are designated ‘organized offenders’ by the FBI. They pre-plan their crimes for months, even years. They might figure out a character they will play, and start collecting props. They compile a “kill kit.” They copy techniques for abduction from other predators. But while predators plan, their victims go about their lives unaware. Since they so rarely leave anything to chance, we—their potential prey—really shouldn’t either. Serial rapists, like serial killers, take pains to appear normal. They’re often highly verbal, charming and neatly dressed; they’re always manipulative. Forensic psychiatrists say that since these guys can fool them, too, they learned to identify red flags. Those warning signs are in this book.Seventy six percent of the world’s serial killers live in the USA. The only upside to that dubious distinction, is that the FBI conducted in-depth interviews with hundreds of them, and what they learned became the basis of criminal profiling. It also informs my book. Why did these serial killers agree to be interviewed? As Moors murderer Ian Brady sees it: “My life is over, so I can afford an honesty of expression that others cannot.” But it’s also likely that the serial killers enjoyed being the center of attention. Roger Depue, the former head of the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit, recalls that the serial killers proved to be “a treasure trove. Totally lucid and frightening deliberate, they had precise, almost cinematic memories of their crimes. In fact, once they made the decision to cooperate with us they were intelligent, articulate, and often seemed to delight in the retelling of their horrible escapades. It was as if they took pride in their work.”What they disclosed to interrogators was invaluable. As well as information about a violent sex predator’s personality, ruses, and hunting grounds, the FBI learned how they select victims. It’s ironic that the people who need this information the most—women and girls—can’t easily access it, even though as veteran FBI profiler John Douglas urges: “The better women understand these processes and issues, the better they will be able to recognize these behaviors and combat them.”"A Girl’s Guide to the Criminal Mind" covers everything any woman needs to know about the human predator. It deconstructs his favorite ruses, hunting grounds, victim selection, costumes and props. The book is also packed with advice from experts, and survivors who share their stories of escape. The FBI’s own Crime Classification Manual concludes: “In our opinion, knowledge may be the only weapon a victim has in a highly dangerous situation. As such, knowledge can provide a sense of power, as well as the confidence necessary to act rather than resign out of helplessness.” But where will they be able to get this life-saving knowledge. It's inside the pages of this book.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Girl's Guide to the Criminal Mind: The Survival Handbook. To get started finding A Girl's Guide to the Criminal Mind: The Survival Handbook, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.