Gavin de Becker has made a career by evaluating threats. In his national bestselling book The Gift of Fear<\/a>, he discusses the elements of prediction with the most valuable factor being pre-incident indicators (PINs). PINs are detectable warning signs that will reliably occur before the outcome being predicted. De Becker believes spousal homicide is the single most predictable serious crime in America.<\/p>\n
De Becker says, \u201cThey won\u2019t all be present in every case, but if a situation has several of these signals, there is reason for concern.\u201d His advice to a woman who thinks she might be killed by an intimate partner is: \u201cSeek and apply strategies that make you unavailable to your pursuer. If you really believe you are at risk, battered women\u2019s shelters provide the best way to be safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
De Becker has also made his groundbreaking computer-assisted method for threat assessment, MOSAIC<\/a>, available online.<\/p>\n
Original article at https:\/\/www.agirlandagun.org\/intimate-partner-violence\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"