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

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

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

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

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• The Secure Dad podcast: Street Smarts with Beverly Baker

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• Born to Be a Badass podcast:

  • Everyday Self Defense In The Metropolis with Beverly Baker

  • Safety For Kids Going To College

  • What are the biggest challenges to women's safety?

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

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

Audio-only version                  Video Version

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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)