Understanding Criminal Violence

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What is Criminal Violence?
 What is Criminal Violence?

● Criminal violence is the use of or threat of

violence to take material property from another.
– Your body and your life are the most sacred of
your possessions...
– Criminals do adhere to a social & moral code,
though it is different from that normal society...
– Crime is a business its goal is profit, power and
prestige..
What is Criminal Violence?

Pop Quiz!!!
 What is Criminal Violence?

Pop Quiz!!!
1. What is criminal violence?

2. Are criminals amoral?

3. What is Crime?
 What is Makes a Criminal?

● An attitude of Victimization...
● An Association of Violence with Power & of
Fear with Respect...
– Anytime a criminal talks about Power he/she
means the power to do you harm...
– Anytime a criminal talks about Respect he/she
means fear...
● Criminals are not stupid, many are formally
uneducated...
 What is Makes a Criminal?

● Most criminals are victims of crime themselves,

violent criminals especially are often the victims
of violence as children...
● Criminals believe in a “might makes right”
philosophy...
– They are also right...
● Most, criminals are emotionally driven...
● Criminals do train & have experience at crime.
After all, Crime is a Criminal's Job...
 What is Makes a Criminal?

● Violence & Money determine a criminal's rank

in the criminals world...
– Bosses/King Pins (Organization)
– Shot Callers (Organization)
– Killers (Organized or Alone)
– Tough Guys (Organized or Alone)
– Non-Violent Criminals (Alone)
– Sexual Predators (Alone)
 What is Makes a Criminal?

● Organizations (Cartels, Gangs, Families etc)

creates a support network for individuals
allowing for combined strength.
– Thus why in an organization leadership is given
a higher standing...
● Organizations Indoctrinate New Members into a
Group Identity...
– Group Think = Cult Think...
– Group Identity Replaces Individual Identity...
 What is Makes a Criminal?

● (a) “Might makes Right” Philosophy...

● (b) Fear = Respect...
● (c) Violence = Power...
● (d) Indoctrination into Group Mindset...
– Does not have to be organization related...
● a + b + c + d = Potential Criminal
– Bad Childhood is no excuse!!!
Why is Indoctrination Important?

● Criminal Organizations (CO) need members to

place the Group above themselves...
● If the Individuals put the Group First, Group
Leaders benefit directly & the most...
● To do this the individual's wants, beliefs,
thoughts must be removed and the Group
needs, beliefs & rhetoric must replace them...
● There must always be an enemy to keep
emotions blindingly high and directed...
 Examples of Criminal
Indoctrination
● “This thing of ours...”
– The code of silence that kept the Mafia in
power. Similar codes exist in other COs...
● Jail House Rock
– A Prison Martial Art used to recruit &
indoctrinate African-American's into the Black
Guerrilla Family...
● Rock-&-Roll
– A Prison Based Martial Art used to indoctrinate
new members of the Aryan Brotherhood...
 Examples of Criminal
Indoctrination
● Common Indoctrination Ploys for Us vs Them...
– Racial Tensions (White Vs Black, Black Vs
Latin, etc)...
– Rich against Poor (Robin-Hood Philosophy)...
– Political Lines (Conservative Vs Liberal,
Democrat Vs Republican, etc)...
– Religion (Atheists Vs Christians, Christian Vs
Muslims, etc)...
– Organizations (Us against the World
Philosophy)...
 Why do Criminals Have Codes?

● It creates the appearance of “Honor among

Thieves...”
● It establishes a social code which marks the
subject as “Accepted” or “Unaccepted” within
the group...
● It creates a Public Image of Organization &
Protecting the Community (Us Vs The
Establishment)...
 How are Social Codes Used?
● The Social Code of “Snitches get Stitches”
justifies an attack on another Criminal under the
guise of Righting a Wrong...
● The Social Code of “Don't be a Rat” allows one
person to remain silent or while the other simply
uses maintains the appearance of “remaining
silent...”
● Ultimately, Social Codes are very lose and are
used maintain the appearance of a social code
where none exists...
 How are Social Codes Used?

● Without the appearance of a Ethical Code

Criminal Actions cannot be Justified to Others...
● Without an appearance of a Moral Structure the
trust needed to Conspire to Commit Crime is
not there...
● Criminals often victimize other criminals or
others who associate with criminals...
● Victims appear weak & thus are accepted as
weak...
 Profile of a Victim:

Victim Profile:
● Criminal Activity or Associates with Criminals...
● Avoids Conflict and/or Easily Frightened into
Submission (See Four-Reacts to Conflict)...
● Not Likely to Resist; lacks ability or means to
resist a threat to themselves...
● History of Submission to Threats...
 Four-Reactions to Conflict:

● Posture:
Initial reacts of producing a threat display to
scare someone into submission or ward off a
threat intended to produce submission...
● Fight or Flight:
Reaction to a creditable threat of physical harm;
you either defend yourself by removing the
threat or you remove yourself from the threat...
 Four-Reactions to Conflict:

● Submission:
The result of giving into a creditable threat;
where as YOU give an attacker what they
want...
Most Non-Violent Crime & even Violent Crime
uses the Initial Threat of Violence to Coerce
you into submission. The act of Brandishing a
weapon is an act of Posturing & Fear...
 Do's-&-Don't 's:
● Do assess the situation; know what you are
dealing with and how to deal with them...
● Do always be ready to defend yourself...
● Don't Posture; if you are willing to fight then hit
first and hard and take advantage of surprise.
Pretending to be tough will get you killed...
NEVER BLUFF.
● Stay Aware; Know the Most Common Tactics of
Criminals...
 Common Tactics:

● The Ambush (Attack by Surprise)

● The Strong Arm... (Posture/Brandish)
● Tag Team... (Distract & Ambush)
● The Nice Guy... (Distraction/Psychological)
● Can You Help Me... (Distraction/Playing Weak)
 FBI Statistics:
From the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports...

● Violent Crime:
– 2007/2006 1.8 of 100,000 population
– 2008/2007 3.5 of 100,000 population
– 2009/2008 4.4 of 100,000 population
– 2010/2009 6.2 of 100,000 population
● Murder:
– 2007/2006 1.1 of 100,000 population
– 2008/2007 4.4 of 100,000 population
– 2009/2008 10.0 of 100,000 population
– 2010/2009 7.1 of 100,000 population
 Factors in Criminal Violence:
● Income/Poverty Level...
● Cultural/Sub-Cultural Identity...
● Education Level...
● Psychological Make-up...
– Anti-Social Behavior...
– Sociopathy...
– Psychopathy...
– Desperation...
 Factors in Criminal Violence:

● Poverty/Income Level:
– Crime is a means of survival for some people;
crimes like drug sales or drug use often don't
involves criminal violence. However, when the
sale of drugs involves competition for territory
or markets Levels of Violence can escalate to
higher levels of intent & morph into different
forms of violence.
– Social Violence is more common in Low Income
Areas than in High Income Areas...
 Factors in Criminal Violence:

● Cultural/Sub-Cultural Identity:
– Minorities commonly define themselves outside
the mainstream; such as by race, ethnic
origins, group association or income levels.
– These Psychological barriers create a
separation within the criminals mind & serve
to define a separation between what they
“mainstream” & their cultural identity.
– Some cultures such as Gang Cultures accept &
desire violent activities.
 Factors in Criminal Violence:
● Education Levels:
– Education is simply variable amounts of
knowledge collected from experience and/or
study...
– Since people with low education levels do not
have a vast amount of knowledge to draw
from, they are more susceptible to see fewer
options...
– Violence is always an option and becomes a
more powerful option when confronted with
fewer choices...
 Factors in Criminal Violence:
● Psychological Profile/Make-up:
– Low Desire to Work at Obtaining Desires...
– Low Education Level & fewer known/accepted
options...
– Low income background...
– Association with drug use/abuse & social
violence as a resolution (learned behavior)...
– Reoccurring habits that promote ideology of
social violence & criminal behavior...
– Anti-Social Behavior often at a young age...
 You've Just Been Mugged!!!
● Scenario 1: Someone Pulls a Knife in You!!!
A stranger walks up with a knife in hand &
demands your wallet/purse. What do you Do?
● Scenario 2:
Someone smacks you in the head & begins
repeatedly hitting you with something heavy &
hard. What do you Do?
● Scenario 3:
Someone walks up to in a bar & says you're
looking at their date, then sucker punches you
as you try to explain. What do you Do?
 You've Just Been Mugged!!!
● Scenario 1: Run Away...
– Brandishing a weapon openly is desperate move &
most attackers never attack a fleeing victim...
● Scenario 2: Suck it up or Fight Back...
– If you can fight from the ground or have an
equalizer do it. If you can't defend yourself take
your beating pretend to be more hurt then you are
& submit...
● Scenario 3: Hit First, Hit Hard & Run Away...
– First sign of intent you stop the threat & get away
from a potential follow-up threat...
 Legal Issues:
● You have a Right to Remain Silent; Shut the F-
Up!!!
● The Police are there to Arrest You they are not
your Buddy or there to help you...
● Ask a Lawyer if you need Legal Advice...
● Self-Defense is a Defense Used in Court it
won't stop you from getting arrested...
● Its better to go to jail then be in the ER or on a
Slab in the Morgue; act with discretion...
 Not Being the Victim:
● Take Personal Responsibility for Your Safety...
● Learn to Defend Yourself...
● Learn to Avoid a Danger before it Becomes a
Threat...
– The Same Methods in the Counter-Terror
Seminar work for Criminal Violence as well!!!
● Learn First-Aid; Red Cross has programs...
● Prepare for the Worst but Hope for the Best...
– Value YOUR life Above All Else...