Downloadable Resources

• Asphalt Anthropology: People Watching Bingo (downloadable PDF to play with your friends!

• Campus Safety Strategies: 12 Things You Should Know Before Heading to College (downloadable PDF to share with someone you care about!

Articles and Interviews

• Asphalt Anthropology: "The Street Smart Way of Knowing Enjoying L.A." - The L.A. Times

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• L.A. Street Smarts - KPCC/NPR interview (starts at 29:45)

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• Homicides are on the Rise in Downtown - L.A. Downtown News

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• Everyday Self Defense In The Metropolis with Beverly Baker - Born to Be a Badass podcast

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• How To Respond To Threats In The Urban Landscape And In The Workplace With No Fear - The Nurses and Hypochondriacs podcast

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• What are the biggest challenges to women's safety? Roundtable with Lisa Abbott and Beverly Baker 

- Born to Be a Badass podcast

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• "Is CCTV/Crime Video a Good Teaching Tool?" with Beverly Baker - Randy King Live podcast 

Audio-only version                  Video Version

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• "Safety For Kids Going To College" with Lisa Abbott and Beverly Baker - Born to Be a Badass podcast

Recommended Reading

• The Gift of Fear: And Other Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence (Gavin de Becker)

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• Conflict Communication: A New Paradigm in Conscious Communication (Rory Miller)

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• Left of Bang: How the Marine Corps' Combat Hunter Program Can Save Your Life (Patrick Van Horne and Jason A. Riley)

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• Know My Name: A Memoir (Chanel Miller)

'"Know My Name" is a devastating, immersive memoir…Miller is an extraordinary writer: plain, precise and moving.' ─ NPR​

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• Stepping Across the Line: A Skid Row Cop's Story (Deon Joseph)