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SendDefenders and groups under threat use different ad hoc deterrence strategies to deal with perceived risks. These strategies will vary a lot depending on their environment (rural, urban), the type of threat, the social, financial and legal resources available, etc.
Most ad hoc strategies can be implemented immediately and in response to short- term objectives. They will therefore function more like tactics than as global response strategies. Most strategies also respond to individual people’s subjective perceptions of risk, and could at times cause the group some level of harm, especially if the strategies used cannot be reversed.
Ad hoc strategies are closely related to the type and severity of threat and to the group’s capacities and vulnerabilities.
When thinking about security and protection you must take into account both your own and other people’s ad hoc strategies. Reinforce the effective ones, try to limit harmful ones and try to respect the remaining ones (especially ad hoc strategies linked to cultural or religious beliefs).
