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Not to mention it's been my experience that people ignore those loud air horns as readily as they now ignore car alarms and such. Whistles, I just don't know. If I had to go that route, I'd get her a referee's whistle that is attached to the hand rather than hung around her neck.
MSD is absolutely right about the pepper spray. If she does manage to get it working there's a good chance she could spray herself instead of the mugger.
The decoy wallet, on the other hand is an excellent idea. As is the shopping buddy idea. My grandmother was robbed in a Wal*Mart parking lot. The policewoman who took her statement suggested finding a shopping buddy. Last I talked to her, her one shopping buddy had turned into a large roving band of geriatrics.
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