I give a mixed review to The Gift of Fear. There is worthwhile information in it, but this stuff—predicting who will go postal, for example, just isn’t an exact science.
I also think that books like his are reason for the popularity of personality tests in the hiring process. I despise these.
Remind me again, does Gavin deBecker take any position on people arming themselves in case of workplace rampages, etc? It seems to me he does, but I can’t remember.
Don’t remember either.
It’s valuable for ONE thing - Trust. Your. Gut.
Since psychopaths (& Narcissists & Borderlines) can only “mirror” emotions, what the (in-tune) gut notices is that their timing (in social situations) is a little “off” - if not downright puzzling or inappropriate...