Streetwise Safety for Children. Michael Depasquale

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       Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc. Boston • Rutland, Vermont • Tokyo

      First published in 1995 by Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc. of Rutland, Vermont, and Tokyo, Japan. with editorial offices at 364 Innovation Drive, North Clarendon, VT 05759 U.S.A.

      © 1995 Michael DePasquale Jr.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication, including artwork, may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying. recording. or otherwise. without prior written permission from Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      DePasquale, Michael.

      Streetwise safety for children / by Michael DePasquale. Jr.

       p. cm. —(Streetwise safety series)

      ISBN 0-8048-3013-4; ISBN 978-1-4629-1708-2 (ebook)

      1. Safety education. 2. Self-defense for children. 3. Children’s accidents-Prevention. I. Title. II. Series.

      HQ770.7.D47 1995

      [email protected] www.tuttlepublishing.com

      Cover design by Fahrenheit First edition

      1 3579 10 8642

      Printed in the United States of America

      Disclaimer

      Please note that the publisher of this instructional book is not responsible in any manner whatsoever for any injury that may result from practicing the techniques and/or following the instructions given within. Since the physical activities described herein may be too strenuous in nature for some readers to engage in safely, it is essential that a physician be consulted prior to training.

      This book is dedicated to my Mom and Dad who gave me a great life growing up, and cared about the safety of all of us. I also want to thank my Aunts, Uncles, and Grandparents for their concern on our behalf. I also want to dedicate this book to all the children around the world that they may always be safe, wherever they may go.

      SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      Special thanks are due to my father, Michael DePasquale, Sr. for his knowledge and help in the crime prevention and self-defense areas. I would also like to thank my staff, who helped make this book possible, Melissa E. Kisla (Missy), Gail Miller, Dotty Pillischer, Monica Schulman, Eileen Muenchen, James Chin and Roger Chan. I would also like to thank James Kneisler for his photography, Mark Piano, Myron King and Ed Salter for art direction and illustration.

      Models appearing in this book include: Bonnie & David Young, Noemi, Vincent Vicente & Jose Manuel Lim, Kevin & Sue Bull, James P. & James P. ll Kneisler, Anna (Cookie) and Mark Guterrez, Gregory Denis, and Jeff Walensky, and Lorie & Nicole Gregory.

      A special thanks to “Crime Prevention Consultants and Security Experts: Bill D’Urso, Robert Suggs, Richard Dillon, Rick Fike, Michael DePasquale, Sr., and Tom Patire for their assistance.

      GENERAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      It would be very difficult for us to identify all of the sources of the crime prevention and self-defense information used to create this book, but we would like to thank those departments, organizations and reference books that helped make this publication an actuality:

      The New York City Police Department

       United States Department of Justice

       The Federal Bureau of Investigation

       National Criminal of Justice Information and

       Statistic Service

       International Protection Inc.

       Interdome Group Inc.

       State of the Art Security

       The Truth About Self Protection

       How to Protect Yourself From Crime

       How to Keep From Being Robbed Raped & Ripped Off

       Total Self-Protection

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