Anatomy of a knife attack

 The thought of being stabbed or slashed with a blade fills us all with trepidation. Throughout history criminals have always known that the knife creates more physical and psychological terror than any other weapon. This is why knives are often the preferred weapons of the armed robber and, as 9/11 showed us all, the use of [...]

If you carry a knife you are a potential murderer…

…A good enough reason not to carry one I think!! Readers of my journal PCW Review will remember the features we have run on knives and knife attacks. However many do not fully understand the ease with which knife attacks can cause death. The increase in knife related crime on the streets all over the [...]

Like father like son

Change the Script and Take Control

  Playing your role…. Human behaviour often falls into set patterns. We are all, generally speaking, predisposed to act out certain role-plays, almost as if we were reading from a script. An understanding that certain kinds of behaviour will almost certainly trigger responses that can be manipulated and therefore used to your own advantage is [...]

The Stages of Violent Crime

Victims of violent crime often say that it seemed as if it came out of nowhere. The fact is that’s hardly ever true, there will have been plenty of warning, and plenty of opportunity to recognize and evaluate the danger signs in advance, but sadly most of the time the victim didn’t see them, ignored [...]

5 Golden Rules of Women’s Self Defence

5 Golden Rules The R.E.A.C.T 5 Golden Rules for Women’s Self Defence   1. Your friend is not always a friend More than 70% of rapes and attacks on women are perpetrated by someone they know, and more than 50% of attacks take place ether in or close to the victim’s own home. 2. There [...]