Concerns About Violence

> There are perceptions of risk and realities of risks.
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First, there are demographic characteristics of the above. When I was studying social psychology, we read of research into self-perceptions of risks and realities of risks. [/quote]

Very true. Humans just seem to be wired to do risk assessment in the inverse; we will stand in the middle of a busy freeway worried about being struck by lightning.