A 15-year-old girl was kidnapped at a Dallas Mavericks NBA game and taken to an Oklahoma hotel where she was sex trafficked.

A rape of a woman jogging in New York highlights two basic elements that need to be in your women's self-defense training program.

What can you do or teach your kids to do in case an active shooter opens fire in a public place or at school?

We might have reached a point where we can no longer count on the criminal's fear of getting caught as a deterrent.

Burglaries are a threat to us as the crime can degenerate into other crimes of opportunity if we are in the home.

Just like their counterparts in the wild, human predators search for the weakest members of the herd as potential prey.

In the city with surging assaults and murders companies are now advising their workers to dress in a way to avoid crime.

The Los Angeles Police Department warning of surging crime wave, including “follow home" robberies. How can we defend against them?

If your individual security situation warrants it, you might want to remove your home's view from Google Maps. Here's how to do it.

This real life attack reveals a number of lessons for us as we train to prevent and resist a physical attack or sexual assault.

We are changing the way we report real incidences and cases here on the Women's Self-Defense Community blog.

Affecting any one of these elements of the crime triangle will have a dramatic affect on your personal safety and self-defense.

What's the ultimate weapon for women's self-defense? What do you need to protect yourself from rape?

It's generally accepted that a percentage of sexual predators recommit rapes and attacks repeatedly. The problem is we don't really know the

Here's an example of a violent criminal involving a completely innocent citizen. It can happen.