Can Colleges Actually Prevent Sexual Assault?

This is a very comprehensive, thoughtful article about whether or not colleges can actually prevent sexual assault. "Drinking puts you at risk of sexual assault... if you are around a rapist. Of course, it's easy to focus on alcohol as a cause of the campus rape epidemic. Doing so is manageable, it's easy to deal with, and it's gives us a concrete...

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Sabre Pepper Spray-The New Police Standard In New Zealand

click image for more info "New Zealand Police look set to buy thousands of canisters of a potent new pepper spray that is more than six times stronger than the one currently used. Sabre Red from America looks just like the old spray on the police tool belt, but is more likely to stop offenders in their tracks. "Our current spray, which...

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Most Effective Non-Lethal Self Defense Products For Women

There is a reason why self defense product manufacturers such as Mace, Taser International, Stun Master, Sabre and many others make products that appeal to women. You'll find just about every manufacturer makes pepper sprays or stun devices that come in many colors-pink is always one of them. They also make products that are lighter, smaller and easier to carry specifically for...

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Do Colleges Knowingly Harbor Rapists?

In the 10 years that we have been writing about crime on college campuses-specifically sexual assault-a couple of things stand out that make us wonder whether or not colleges actually harbor rapists. Why do we say that? You often see the statistic, most recently published by the Department of Justice, that one in four college age women will be sexually assaulted her...

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'Home Invasion Bill' Inspired By June Attack Passes Assembly

In response to a brutal home invasion caught by a hidden camera earlier this summer, state lawmakers are fast-tracking a bill that would create stiffer penalties for those caught committing similar crimes. Assembly members Monday unanimously passed the "Home Invasion Bill," a proposal that would raise the crime of home invasion to a first-degree offense and require those convicted to face a...

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College Campus Sexual Assaults

"A 22 year-old woman living on a college campus — or anywhere for that matter— I’ve heard the horror stories. I know that a female walking alone at night is a target. Many women — and men for that matter — end up in situations they never expected. I know this, and yet, more often than I care to admit, I find...

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Comparing Two Pepper Guns-Product Reviews

In today's post we are doing a review of two of the most popular pepper guns that are available for nonlethal self-defense. more info here The first is the Kimber Pepper Blaster II. This is manufactured by the Kimber firearms company based in Switzerland. They claim it to be three times as effective as other pepper spray products. It shoots out two...

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