Gavin de becker and associates
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de Becker, Gavin
PERSONAL: Male.
ADDRESSES: Office—Gavin de Becker and Associates, 11684 Ventura Blvd., Suite 440, Studio City, CA 91604. E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER: Security consultant. Gavin de Becker and Associates (security consulting firm), Los Angeles, CA, founder and chief executive. University of California—Los Angeles, senior fellow at School of Public Policy and Social Research. U.S. Department of Justice, past member of President's Advisory Board; California Department of Mental Health, past member of Governor's Advisory Board; Domestic Violence Advisory Board, cochair; served at U.S. Department of State; General Services Administration/American Institute of Architects, featured speaker at Post 9-11 Forum; designer of MOSAIC threat assessment tool; principal advisor on a federal research project into mentally ill people who stalk public figures; also served as expert witness and trainer.
AWARDS, HONORS: Special award from the U.S. attorney general and director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1985, for work in threat assessment; Director
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Gavin de Becker
Born
in The United StatesOctober 26, 1954
Website
https://gavindebecker.com
Genre
Nonfiction, Crime, Self Help
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Gavin de Becker is an expert on the prediction and management of violence. He has served on President's Advisory Board at the U.S. Department of Justice and the Governor's Advisory Board at the California Department of Mental Health; he now runs a consulting firm which advises government agencies, universities, police departments, corporations, and media figures on the assessment of threats and hazards.Gavin de Becker is an expert on the prediction and management of violence. He has served on President's Advisory Board at the U.S. Department of Justice and the Governor's Advisory Board at the California Department of Mental Health; he now runs a consulting firm which advises government agencies, universities, police departments, corporations, and media figures on the assessment of threats and hazards....more
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Gavin de Becker
American security specialist and author (born 1954)
Not to be confused with Gavin Becker.
Gavin de Becker (born October 26, 1954)[1] is an American security specialist and author. He has worked for governments, large corporations, and public figures.[2] Reportedly a billionaire,[3][4][5] he runs Gavin de Becker and Associates, which he founded in 1978. The firm protects and advises many of the world's most prominent public figures. He is the author of several books, most notably The Gift of Fear (1997).[2]
Early life
Gavin de Becker is the son of Hal de Becker (1931–2021), an American dancer and prolific writer about dance.[6]
De Becker describes his childhood as mired in violence. His parents divorced when he was three. His mother was a heroin addict who physically abused him and his sister and once shot his stepfather while de Becker was present in the home. She committed suicide when he was sixteen, and de Becker subsequently moved in with a friend from school, Miguel Ferre
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