“Sadly, there is no such thing. There is no “in between.” If you want to prevent violence and avoid life-or-death situations, be smart and use your social skills to de-escalate, deflect, and disengage. If you want to survive violence once it’s begun, to quote the poet Robert Frost, the best way out is always through. The only reliable path to survival is to use the very same tool of violence your attacker is trying to use against you, but to use it better.”