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Rape Aggression Defense Systems (RAD's)
What is RAD?
The Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) System is a comprehensive self-defense
system for women. The program includes awareness, prevention, risk
reduction and avoidance, as well as options available to women during
a confrontation or attack.
RAD is taught by certified instructors from the law enforcement
community, and focuses on developing self-defense as one of the
options available to women. The system includes carefully
selected, realistically employable defense tactics which utilize
a women's personal weapons (such as hands and feet). The tactics
are easy to learn and easy to retain, and the extensive hands-on
training in the classroom gives students the opportunity to develop
confidence and proficiency in the techniques.
The course is a total of 12 hours in length, taught in three or
four sessions. Each session is comprised of a combination of lecture/discussion
and physical skills. The course culminates in a "realistic
simulation," which gives students the opportunity to test their
abilities on a real person during a simulated attack.
Rather than making women
more fearful, self-defense makes them more confident and less likely
to use force because they begin to look and act less like victims.
The RAD System gives women the knowledge to make an educated
decision about resistance, and makes self-defense an effective option
by teaching women to take an active role in their own self-defense
and psychological well-being.
RAD is the only self-defense course endorsed by the International
Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators. The
growing, widespread acceptance of this system is primarily due to
the ease, simplicity and effectiveness of the tactics, solid research,
legal defensibility and unique teaching methodology.
Students who complete a RAD course are encouraged to take advantage
of the free lifetime "return and practice" policy. This policy
allows students to return at any time to any RAD course offered
in the United States and Canada and practice free of charge.
The RAD System objective:
"To develop and enhance the options of self-defense so that they may
become more viable considerations to the woman who is attacked."
Who can enroll in RAD?
RAD is for women only. The contents of the course were developed
based on the natural movements and abilities of women in order to
maximize a woman's ability to defend herself.
Participants should be at least 14 years of age (although exceptions
may be made on an individual basis by contacting an instructor prior
to the course). Anyone under the age of 18 must have a signed
parental consent form prior to the start of the course in order
to participate.
Attendance is limited, and is on a first-come, first served basis.
PSU students, faculty and staff receive first consideration when
registering for a RAD course offered by University Police.
When are RAD course offered?
RAD courses are offered numerous times throughout the year depending upon demand. Interested faculty
and staff should contact Human Resources Coordinator, Cherie Callahan at 949-5093, or e-mail her at cmc242@psu.edu.
Interested students should contact Officer Deborah Stitt to find out the next available class.
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