Violence Prevention

Kelly Sayre breaks down ways for women to deal with everyday situations using their best self-defense weapon-their intuition. In her book, you'll discover how to sharpen your natural skills, build a solid plan to protect yourself, and move forward through your life with confidence.

Former FBI negotiator Chris Voss takes you inside the world of high-stakes negotiations and reveals the skills that helped him and his colleagues succeed where it mattered most: in saving lives. In this practical guide, he shares the nine effective principles you can use to become more persuasive in both your professional and personal lives.

Contrary to popular myth, human violence almost always has a discernible motive and is preceded by clear warning signs. Through dozens of compelling examples from his own career, Gavin de Becker teaches us how to read the signs, using our most basic but often most discounted survival skill - our intuition. The Gift of Fear is a classic in the personal safety conversation.  It is a remarkable, unique combination of practical guidance on leading a safer life with profound insight into human behavior.

With chapters by Seth Elliott, this nationally-recognized manual highlights the behavioral threat assessment system that follows the recommendations of the Safe Schools Initiative and the prescriptive outline provided by the FBI. Written from an educator's perspective with contributing authors from Law Enforcement, Public Mental Health, and the District Attorney's office, it contains an introduction to the basic concepts of threat assessment, a review of the research, and an outlined process for the application of a comprehensive, yet expeditious multi-disciplinary system. 

Mark Follman examines decades of threat-assessment work throughout the country. He goes inside the FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit and illuminates an Oregon school district's innovative violence-prevention program, the first such comprehensive system to prioritize helping kids and avoid relying on punitive measures. Ultimately, Follman shows how the nation could adopt the techniques of behavioral threat assessment more broadly, with powerful potential to save lives.

Resolving Conflicts at Work, by Kenneth Cloke and Joan Goldsmith, is a guide for preventing and resolving conflicts, miscommunications, and misunderstandings at work, including dozens of techniques for revealing how the inevitable disputes and divisions in the workplace are actually opportunities for greater creativity, productivity, enhanced morale, and personal growth.