The gift of fear
Subtitle: survival signals that protect us from violence
By: Gavin de Becker.
Publisher: Dell
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780440508830
Subjects: Violence -- Psychological aspects; Victims of crimes -- Psychology; Women -- Crimes against; Violent crimes -- Psychological aspects; Fear; Intuition
Other titles: Gift of fear and other survival signals that protect us from violence
Notes: Title on cover and  spine: The gift of fear and other survival signals that protect us from violence

Includes index.

"A Dell trade paperback."
Table of contents: title: 1. In the presence of danger; title: 2. The technology of intuition; title: 3. The academy of prediction; title: 4. Survival signals; title: 5. Imperfect strangers; title: 6. High-stakes predictions; title: 7. Promises to kill (understanding threats); title: 8. Persistence, persistence (dealing with people who refuse to let go); title: 9. Occupational hazards (violence in the workplace); title: 10. Intimate enemies (domestic violence); title: 11. "I was trying to let him down easy" (date stalking); title: 12. Fear of children (violent children); title: 13. Better to be wanted by the police than not to be wanted at all (attacks against public figures); title: 14. Extreme hazards; title: 15. The gift of fear.