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Stun Guns Are Effective Self Defense Weapons That Don’t Have to Look Deadly to Work

January 11, 2009

Stun guns come in many shapes, sizes, and voltage levels and often don’t look anything like a gun. Stun devices can look like a baton or flashlight, or an innocent mobile device such as a pager, cell phone, or PDA, and since most stun guns are small, they can be concealed in a holster, purse, [...]

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Rape Prevention Tips

January 11, 2009

Rape! Just the word sends shivers down the spines of most women and men. It’s not a topic people like to discuss. Therefore it’s not something people tend to prepare for either. We think, talk about, and try to prepare for self-defense, avoiding high crime areas, security, and a plethora of other personal protection topics; [...]

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Catching Criminals With County Criminal Records

January 11, 2009

A few years ago, the thought of keeping county criminal records up to date was a huge task for local government agencies. This is no longer the case with online public record search. Law enforcement authorities switched to online computerized databases instead of the old traditional pen, paper, and typewriter.
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Exhibitionism - The Ambivalent Crime

January 11, 2009

Perhaps the reason exhibitionism baffles researchers is because self-exposure is an ambivalent crime. According to the Oxford dictionary, ambivalence is the co-existence within the one society (or person) of contradictory emotions or attitudes toward the same object or situation.
And exhibitionism fits that definition perfectly. It is quite possibly the only crime where some victims will [...]

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How to Lock Your Car - Theft Prevention in the 21st Century

January 11, 2009

  The solution is very simple.  When you exit your car even for just a few minutes you should use the manual door lock inside your vehicle.  The security code is not sent and the crooks have no clever modern way to break in, and are thus left with traditional options involving the sound of breaking [...]

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