"Don't Fight Back": And 10 Other Myths About Crime, Personal Safety, and Gender-Based Violence

From a nationally recognized violence-prevention expert, an accessible guide that debunks the most pervasive myths about crime and offers evidence-based strategies that make us safer

A specific image of violence and how to avoid it lives in a lot of our imaginations. What some of us fear most is shaped not by the strongest evidence but by the most viral horror stories.

Meg Stone, a violence prevention expert, traces the origins of these myths and how they are used to scare us into submission....