Abuse, Personal Transformation, Neuropsychology, Social Psychology & Interactions, Safety & First Aid, Mental & Spiritual Healing, Violence in Society 

In The Gift of Fear, security consultant and real-life Sherlock Holmes Gavin de Becker instructs readers on how they can hone their instincts and listen to their intuition to protect themselves from violence. Himself a survivor of childhood violence, de Becker breaks down the behavior patterns of potentially violent people, the tactics of the abusive boyfriend and the man who offers to carry your groceries at night, and offers strategies to counter them. The Gift of Fear also contains sections about predicting violent behavior in specific situations, including workplace violence, domestic violence, date stalking, violence perpetrated by children, and public figure security. Because men are more violent on average, de Becker focuses mostly on violence perpetrated by men, and his analyses often emphasize the ways that male entitlement and hatred for women contribute to violence.