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The home of the Women's Self-Defense Institute has moved to www.rapeescape.com. If you are still visiting this site, it is still up and running so you have access to all of the information here, but the new Rape Escape.com site has the latest and most current information. It will be the site that will be updated in the future, so you should consider changing your bookmark. Rape Escape.com has been totally redesigned to be more organized, so you can go directly to the articles of your choice as well as getting a quick look at what's new. Yes, it still has all of the background information from this site, so you can refer back to information you've seen in the past and self-defense instructors can still print out the articles of their choice for their classes. Make sure you sign up for the free newsletter from Defend University for exclusive material which is not available for non-members. New York Police Officer Named East Coast Instructor for Rape Escape Program. Sgt. Steve Kardian is now teaching Rape Escape classes on the East Coast. Talking Your Way Out of a Rape. This guest article by Susan Bartelstone was first presented to me as a counterpoint to the conclusion reached in the article directly below. But her conclusions are actually close to our findings and make for interesting reading. Can You Talk Your Way
Out of a Rape or Run Away? Forensic Dentistry Solves Cases, Highlights Savagery of Rape. It's not commonly known that rapists will sometimes bite their victims. See how forensic dentistry is solving cases. Self-Defense Tales from a Professional Victim Identify Your Attacker The Ultimate
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Safe At School? Talking About Stalking What were the lessons learned
from the Central Park Wolf Pack Attacks? "In a stranger-rape situation, if he allows you to see his face, you get his name, or you can somehow otherwise identify your attacker, and he knows it, it’s all the more important to get away from him, even if he has a knife and you are risking injury. Because unless he’s quite inexperienced, he’s likely to kill you to leave no witnesses." The Rape Escape Videos are here!
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he was a mugging decoy, a "professional victim". Here are some
of the lessons he learned.