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Sun Tzu, a Chinese General that lived around 2,500 years before Christ, wrote in his superb book "The Art of War" the following advice: "Know thy enemy and know thyself, and you will win a thousand battles"
Yesterday's article explained a facet about criminals and bad guys, namely what they want from their victims. We will now talk about criminals' fears and how to capitalize on them.
Criminals are smart. Anyone who says otherwise needs to understand that a career criminal is a professional, crime is his work, and that the crook, mugger, rapist and others are good at it because they use elements of surprise, deception, careful analysis, and tactics to get what they want.
However, a criminal does not want to attack someone who can fight back, he is looking for a victim, an easy target, the weakest link.
A criminal will avoid three outcomes, namely getting hurt, getting caught, or having attention drawn to the situation.
Let us start with fear number one, getting hurt. Any criminal worth his salt knows that there is always a risk of getting hurt when "on the job". Pain is taken as a calculated risk. However, there are certain levels of "acceptable" pain let's say a rapist expects: shoves, small punches, a few strikes to his manhood, etc. What the violator doesn't want is to miss a large chunk of his face, have his ears ripped off, broken fingers continuously re-broken by some yelling harpy. Everything equal, the more savage the retaliation, the more your chances of surviving increases.
Contestant number two is the bad guy's fear of getting caught. And wrong: A criminal doesn't care much about the Law itself, but he definitely doesn't want to end up in jail, where he will be mugged, raped, beaten up by someone nastier than him. Anything that increases the baddie's chances of going to jail is a big "no-no", as the benefits aren't worth the risk.
Finally, the third fear is having attention drawn to the situation: The more people pay attention to the crime, the more the bad guy's chances increase of having a good Samaritan come to save the day (usually by beating him up) or the Police show up and arrest him.
To reduce one's risk, it is recommended visit two or all three of these fears upon the criminal.
