Scaling force : dynamic decision making under threat of violence / Rory Miller & Lawrence A. Kane.

Author: Miller, Rory Kane.

Imprint:Wolfeboro, NH : YMAA Publication Center, c2012.

Descriptionxxvii, 312 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Note:"Understand how to stop violence before it happens, how to choose the right response level, how to avoid going to jail for defending yourself."

Note:Foreword / Clint Overland -- Foreword / Ron Bishop -- Introduction to Scaling Force -- Prerequisites -- Level 1 Presence -- Level 2 Voice -- Level 3 Touch -- Interlude-Are you ready for Level 4? -- Level 4 Empty-hand restraint/physical control -- Interlude-the 4/5 split -- Level 5 Less-lethal force -- Interlude-on killing -- Level 6 Lethal force.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-309) and index.

Note:Provides a range of options, from skillfully doing nothing to applying deadly force, designed to prevent violence or, if that is not possible, to defend oneself against it as effectively as possible.

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