October 31, 2011 / Legislation, Physical restraint, Prison Service, Self-defence, Tips, Violence / PBrereton
Changes to the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 have come into force recently mean that any death whilst in custody comes within the remit of this act. This means that not only t
October 19, 2011 / Personal Safety, Tips / Darren Good
It might seem a daft question...can you attack your burglar, particularly if they are attacking or threatening to attack you...but up until recently the answer would have been no, or at least not with
August 3, 2011 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Good Sense News, News, Personal Safety, Physical restraint / Darren Good
It’s likely that many of the readers of my blog will know the dangers of using restraint techniques already. Most experts in the field would argue that used properly the restraint of an individual i
June 27, 2011 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Good Sense News, News, POLITE Model, Personal Safety, Self-defence, Tips, Violence / Darren Good
I was doing a fun run with my 14 year old son at the weekend and it reminded me how ever present the potential for conflict is. It started with the usual heated debate with my wife as we were rushing
May 14, 2010 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Good Sense News, Self-defence / Darren Good
In my opinion, e-learning does have a place in Conflict Resolution Training but its not the panacea. At GoodSense we do offer a number of e-learning courses which help fill a gap and give someone a
April 19, 2010 / Conflict Management, Tips, Violence / Darren Good
I am writing this post to hopefully pass on some advice on how to deal with conflict on the telephone. I was giving a conflict resolution training course in London last week, so this is still very fre
April 8, 2010 / Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Tips / Darren Good
I was away at the European Network of Trainers in the Management of Aggression (ENTMA) conference in Amsterdam a couple of weeks ago and whilst I was there I saw lots of demonstrations and examples of
February 5, 2010 / Conflict Resolution, Violence / Darren Good
I noticed a story this week that really saddened me to the core, the The Mirror’s article read: A charity was fined £30,000 yesterday for failing to protect a care worker stabbed to death by a
January 25, 2010 / Conflict Resolution, News, Violence / Darren Good
In my conflict resolution training sessions I regularly teach people how to talk themselves out of a situation or read someone before they become aggressive. Sometimes unfortunately a situation can ju
January 14, 2010 / Conflict Resolution, Tips, Violence / Darren Good
I found an interesting article online this week that made me think the latest British Retail Consortium's (BRC) Retail Crime Survey 2009, was published and has revealed that the amount of violence and