A Guide to Rape Awareness and Prevention: Educating Yourself, Your Family, and Those in Need [Paperback]

Robert Ferguson (Author), Jeanine Ferguson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1994

A Guide to Rape Awareness and Prevention by Robert and Jeanine Ferguson provides women of all ages with critical information about self-protection including:

* Educational information on rape and rapists including types of rapists and how to recognize and defend against each.
* Prevention strategies, more than 100 ways to lead a safer life by taking simple, precautions.
* Intervention tactics, dozens of methods to escape from every type of common assault on women.

Backed by extensive research, first hand experiences and statistical evidence, this is also an excellent resource for instructors of self-defense/ rape prevention courses. 75 photos.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

YA-Drawing on their research, teaching, consulting, and experience in the field, the authors present some very practical advice. Rape is defined in all its variations, information on the negative portrayal of women in the media is presented, and photographs that show specific self-defense strategies are included. Ways to protect oneself while in a car, on the job, at home, and on the street are targeted. There are also chapters on campus, public-transportation, and public-restroom safety. Students will find the advice beneficial to their self-esteem and peace of mind, and they'll find the safety techniques easy to understand and practice.
Pat Royal, Crossland High School, Camp Springs, MD
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

How does a woman cope today? The answers are provided in this book by Robert and Jeanine Ferguson who are martial arts experts and founders of the Rape Awareness and Prevention Organization. This book separates the myths from the realities of women's self-defense and offers advice based on first-hand experience. Included is infomration on rape and rapists, prevention strategies and intervention tactics. According to the authors, it goes beyond any other self-protection book on the issues surrounding rape. -- Safe and Secure Magazine, August 1994

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Turtle Press (CT); 1st edition (June 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1880336049
• ISBN-13: 978-1880336045
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,628,654 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Short on Self-Defense instruction., September 24, 1999

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This review is from: A Guide to Rape Awareness and Prevention: Educating Yourself, Your Family, and Those in Need (Paperback)

This book does give you good advice adout rape and rapist. But, the section on self-defense techniques is too brief, and the instruction is not complete enough to teach the average women proper techniques.