| What You Need to Know to Live a Safe, Secure Life In today's society, predators lurk in unexpected places, but awareness is the first step in preventing personal attacks, burglaries, workplace violence, and other crimes. Think Safe shows you how to: Ensure the safety of your children, from before birth, through school, and into college and adulthood, with straightforward advice and prevention strategies; Protect yourself and your loved ones against common, but often unforeseen, scams and swindles; Find help and support for such issues as domestic violence, sexual harassment, personal attacks, identity theft, and elder abuse; Identify and act on potentially violent behaviors in your employees and coworkers; Assess the security of your home and neighborhood with an industry professional Residential Security Survey. |
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 Living a Safe and Secure Life |
| Review Date: July 7, 2005 |
| Reviewer: Rebecca Johnson, Washington State |
"Be cautious of free offers either by mail or telephone." ~James McGrew
Why should you reconsider publicly announcing the birth of a new child?
What are the main concerns during parenting and what should you tell your children?
What are the main danger signals of suicide?
How can you protect your children from online predators?
What are the main things you can do to increase your home security?
How can you break cycles of violence?
What should you do and not do to de-escalate potentially violent situations?
In a world where checking your e-mail is not even a safe activity, predators lurk in expected and unexpected places. Did you really just win a lottery or are you about to enter into a scam spread in the form of greed-inducing spam?
Personal security and safety expert James McGrew has written a comprehensive crime prevention manual for our time. He presents startling statements like:
"Reports show that one in three women in the United States is abused."
James McGrew takes on a long list of challenges including school violence, Suicide Intervention, psychological abuse, domestic violence, sexual harassment, common scams, investment fraud, telemarketing travel scams, door-to-door salespeople, workplace violence, pyramid schemes, financial exploitation, identity theft, elder abuse and personal attacks.
If you have been alive for almost forty years, you have probably experienced a number of the issues in this book. Even as a person who has led a relatively safe life, I could relate to page after page.
This book should be given to anyone leaving home for the first time. No one taught me this information when I left home. Every parent should read this book and talk to children about how to stay safe on this volatile and often dangerous planet.
~The Rebecca Review
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A Comprehensive Guide to Keeping Yourself and Your Family Safe.
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| Review Date: September 30, 2005 |
| Reviewer: Tyrone V. Banks, Newington, CT USA |
5 out of 5 points
September 29, 2005
A Comprehensive Guide to Keeping Yourself and Your Family Safe.
This book is one that every parent should read regarding the steps that we should take to keep ourselves and family members safe from the predators that converge on us from every direction. It offers insightful data and current statistics coupled with real time solutions that you can implement in your lives right away. The book is organized into sections that range from protecting infants to protecting older adults and financial resources. It does not scare you into making rash, paranoid decisions. It presents the facts, statistics, resolution and precautions to take to prevent you from becoming a victim of various crimes.
You receive an abundance of safety precautions for parents, women and the elderly. You learn about increasing safety at work. You learn about preventing fraud and also about the various scams that enter our homes via cyberspace or by way of a knock on the door by a home repair person. I tried to think of the most unusual crimes and yes - the answers were found in the pages of Think Safe: Practical Measures to Increase Security at Home, at Work, and Throughout Life.
I compare this book to the self-care medical books that many of us rely on to determine if we need professional medical attention. You simply check the index or table of contents for the situation that you wish to research, turn to the appropriate page and begin resolving and preventing various crimes. It is in no way an answer to all problems, but if we heed the advice that is given, we can prevent many unfortunate events that affect our lives and our wallets.
The Author James McGrew has been a law enforcement officer and is the president and CEO of an investigative and security consulting firm located in San Jose. He has more than 30 years experience in planning, implementing and managing security programs in private and public sectors. He is the recipient of a Masters degree in Administration of Justice from San Jose is a Certified Protection Professional, Certified Fraud examiner and a licensed Private Investigator. In summary, he knows what he is talking about and he is serous about keeping you and your family safe.
Tyrone V. Banks
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Sunpiper Gives "Think Safe" a two thumbs up!
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| Review Date: February 8, 2005 |
| Reviewer: Robert Denson, sunpiperpress.com |
Since September 11, 2001, the security of Americans has been at the forefront of our social agenda. America has learned that the "that would never happen to me" or "no one would ever do that" mentality can easily be manipulated, causing thousands to die merely because "we weren't paying close attention".
Because of the freedoms afforded by our country, Americans have never been truly 100% safe. Even in the 'good ole days', Americans were vulnerable to attack. Social deviants like John Wilkes Boothe, Lee Harvey Oswald, John Wayne Gacy, James Earl Ray and Ted Bundy have always plagued America. During these times, security techniques were far less advanced as those of the 21st century. If the scientific advances of today had been accessible, some of the aforementioned deviants could have been stopped. Time and technology has produced scientifically advanced investigators, however, they have also created highly technically advanced criminals.
Think Safe's author, James M. McGrew, has spent 30 years planning, implementing and managing security programs in both the public and private sectors. His book, Think Safe; Practical Measures to Increase Security at Home, at Work and Throughout Life is an excellent reference guide to personal protection. Think Safe gives valuable advice that everyone can use from the nursery to nursing care. With the rise of kidnapping and school violence, Think Safe features questions you should ask hospitals, childcare centers, babysitters and schools regarding their safety procedures. Think Safe also identifies warning signs parents should look for when children may be depressed, suicidal or being lured by sexual predators over the internet. Think Safe features statistics and strategies for women, empowering them against rape and domestic violence. Furthermore, Think Safe focuses on financial exploitation, workplace violence, sexual harassment, identity theft and home safety.
"James McGrew, CPP, CFE is president and CEO of a full-service investigative and security consulting firm. His techniques stress the value and implementation of risk assessment and prevention. His pro-active management programs have successfully addressed violence in the workplace, travel safety, emergency action and contingency plans and other vital security issues".
If, indeed, Knowledge is Power, this is THE MOST powerful book I have read regarding personal and family safety. There is not one American that could not benefit from the valuable knowledge and information in this book. Each chapter of this book takes the reader closer to a safe and secure lifestyle and away from becoming another statistic. Think Safe definitely gains Sunpiper's seal of approval and I highly recommend this book.
Review by Robert Denson III
Managing Editor of Sunpiper Press
Owner of Sunpiper Literary & Consulting, P.C.
www.sunpiperpress.com / www.sunpiper.com |
Think Safe
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| Review Date: July 16, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Tami Brady, Calgary, Canada |
Think Safe: Practical Measures to Increase Security at Home, at Work, and Throughout Life takes a very detailed look at common dangers both within our homes and while participating in the outside world. The author states various surprising and not so surprising facts and figures showing the most common dangers at every stage of one's life. These statistics show that certain ages are far more likely to experience certain types of victimization. For instance, some forms of sexual abuse (like forcible sodomy) are far likely to occur to preschool aged children while teenagers are more likely to be victims of other types of such abuse (like forcible rape). Similarly, some forms of physical and financial victimization (such as caregiver abuse, extortion, consumer theft) are far more prevalent in the elderly population than in the rest of the overall population.
Not only does this book detail high risk groups for various forms of victimization but also discusses things that you as a parent, caregiver, or member of a high risk group can do to protect yourself and others from such dire circumstances. All of the advice given is easy to do, realistic, and will help the reader protect him or herself and his or her loved ones from suffering from potential victimization or to seek help before he of she becomes the victimizer. Thus, this is an important book for everyone to read. |
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