Gavin de Becker

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Gavin de Becker is an expert on the prediction and management of violence. He has served on President's Advisory Board at the U.S. Department of Justice and the Governor's Advisory Board at the California Department of Mental Health; he now runs a consulting firm which advises government agencies, universities, police departments, corporations, and media figures on the assessment of threats and hazards.

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Average rating: 4.15 · 5,732 ratings · 1,225 reviews · 12 distinct works

	The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence 4.13 avg rating — 4,462 ratings — published 1997 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe 4.27 avg rating — 788 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Fear Less: Real Truth About Risk, Safety, and Security in a Time of Terrorism 3.73 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Just 2 Seconds by Gavin de Becker, Tom Taylor, Jeff Marquart 4.58 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Thinking Caps 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	My rating:
	not a book 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1989	My rating:
	A Girl's Gotta Do What a Girl's Gotta Do by Kathleen Baty, Gavin de Becker (Foreword by) 3.25 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:
	On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace by Dave Grossman, Loren W. Christensen, Gavin de Becker (Forward by) 4.32 avg rating — 349 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The End of War: How waging peace can save humanity, our planet and our future by Paul K. Chappell, Gavin de Becker (Foreword) 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Surviving a Stalker: Everything You Need to Know to Keep Yourself Safe by Linden Gross, Gavin de Becker (Foreword) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2000	My rating:

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“intuition is always right in at least two important ways;
It is always in response to something.
it always has your best interest at heart”
― Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

tags: common-sense , intuition

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“Most men fear getting laughed at or humiliated by a romantic prospect while most women fear rape and death.”
― Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

tags: death , fear , feminism , gender , men , rape , sexism , women

16 people liked it

“It is understandable that the perspectives of men and women on safety are so different--men and women live in different worlds...at core, men are afraid women will laugh at them, while at core, women are afraid men will kill them.”
― Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

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