Abstract: A safety dispenser suitable for dispensing a jet of material the active ingredient of which can incapacitate an attacker, having a rugged unitary housing defining a trigger finger access opening and an opening through which said jet may issue, a container for housing the material under pressure, being captively housed within the housing and being closed by a manually operable valve spring biased into a closed position, a valve cap attached to the valve and carrying a nozzle for emission of a jet of the material upon operation of the valve by application of pressure by a trigger finger of a user extending through the finger opening, the orientation of the nozzle being restrained such that a jet when emitted will pass through the jet emitting opening.