Chapter Sixteen Protecting Your Safety

1. Chapter SixteenProtecting Your Safety

2. Intentional Injuries • Committed on purpose • Types • Homicide • Domestic violence • intimate partner violence • maltreatment of children • maltreatment of elders

3. Intentional Injuries (cont’d) • Types, cont’d • Gangs and youth violence • Gun violence • Bias and hate crimes

4. Road Rage • Violence as a result of drivers’ action against another • Recommendations to avoid road rage • Avoid making hand gestures • Use horn sparingly • Allow plenty of time to reach destination • Imagine yourself being videotaped while driving • Avoid blocking passing lane • Avoid switching lanes without signaling

5. Road Rage (cont’d) • Recommendations to avoid road rage, cont’d • Use only one parking space • Avoid parking in a handicapped space, unless you are disabled • Avoid tailgating • Do not allow your door to hit another parked car next to you • Avoid making eye contact with other drivers • Do not talk on car phone while driving • Keep music volume down • Drive defensively

7. Rape and Sexual Assaults • Crime of sexual aggression • Types of sexual crimes: • Acquaintance/date rape • Date rape drugs • Sexual abuse of children • Sexual harassment

8. Order a copy of your credit report and review carefully Avoid obvious commonly used passwords Keep personal info at home secure Ask about security procedures at work/school Read all bills carefully and recognize all charges Do not give out personal info by parties requesting this unless you have consented otherwise Be wary of pickpockets and carry only the information needed If you are a victim, contact the police and credit bureaus quickly Identity Theft http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft/

9. Unintentional Injuries • Injuries occurring without any intent of harm • Safety categories • residential • recreational • firearm • motor vehicle • campus

10. Chapter SixteenProtecting Your Safety