RIPOFFS - A COMPLETE SURVIVAL GUIDE DESIGNED TO PROTECT YOU AND YOURS AGAINST MURDERERS AND MUGGERS, RAPISTS AND MOLESTERS, KIDNAPPERS AND BLACKMAILERS, BURGLARS AND PICKPOCKETS, OBSCENE PHONE CALLERS AND PEEPING TOMS.....

• NCJ Number: 32561
• Author(s): R HENDRICKSON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 383 pages
• Sale Source: Viking
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

THIS TEXT OFFERS INFORMATION TO CITIZENS ON HOW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM VIOLENT CRIMES, THEFTS, AND CONFIDENCE GAMES, AND HOW TO RESPOND BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER A CRIME IS COMMITTED.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR COMBINES INFORMATION ON CRIME TRENDS, CRIMINAL LAWS, AND CRIMINALS WITH SPECIFIC TIPS ON RECOGNIZING THE CRIMINAL AND PREVENTING THE CRIME. EACH CHAPTER DEALS WITH A PARTICULAR TYPE OF CRIME, RANGING FROM RAPE, ASSAULT, SCHOOL VIOLENCE, OBSCENE PHONE CALLS, BICYCLE THEFT, KIDNAPPING, AND THEFT OF PETS TO CON GAMES AND TOURIST TRAPS. A SPECIAL SECTION ON SELF DEFENSE TECHNIQUES AND COMMUNITY ACTION FOR CRIME PREVENTION IS INCLUDED.