The articles on this page refer to engaging in self-protection through the use of the follow seven premary ways:
- Change Others (Modifying the society so that there are no predators)
- By-Proxy (Using bystander intervention and policing agents provide your personal safety and security)
- Mitigation (Reducing damage by dealing with the aftermath of an assault)
- Avoidance (Engaging in strategies and tactics to not encounter, evade, or escape potential assailants and current assailants)
- Negotiation (Engaging in various verbal tactics and strategies such as bargaining, deception, persuasion, submission, and more to overt an impending assault)
- Deterrence (Engaging in posturing, the threat of force, and other strategies and tactics to discourage a potential assault)
- By-Force (The use of whatever amount of force is needed to stop the assailant with or without the use of weapons)