Found this article to be very interesting and a great reminder.
Recommend to everyone. https://preparednessadvice.com/security/dangerous-human-nature/?fbclid=IwAR3hr6wkp0YQrxN8aTup3QUeJM_FevJ8t6cK2CmWDNH1_xwbzVtRfBf8dko#.V_Uvu-ArLb0
Giving credit, one of my Facebook friends posted this to a preparedness group I am a part of. It has good points about preparedness AS well as understanding criminal behavior.


I had never really thought of it exactly that way but he is absolutely correct. As such our responses should consider and take that into account.
Part of what makes them criminals are the fact that they are out doing this because they really only care about themselves.


Good advice! Remember most criminals are lazy. Give them an easy target and they will most often go for it. Kind of hard on the easy target but get you out of the cross hairs! And until there are consequences for behavior and restitution things are not going to change much.

Predators look for prey, so prepare/practicr not looking like prey, and don't go where prey goes at the "bad times of day/month."

When it comes to home, 3 layers of defense, minimum.

Those are the same number of minimum layers for tin foil hats.

My pans are also coated in the same number of layers of nonstick stuff.

The type of criminal the article describes is usually an indication of a sociopath, otherwise known as a psychopath. One that is void of moral compass, empathy or caring for the well being of any other individual. There are many, many (in fact the majority) of felons and criminals that are actually not sociopaths. I don't have the exact numbers or statistics, but as someone that works closely and surrounded by convicted felons and criminals every day, I can say that many commit crime due to external factors. The external factors that could possibly drive the criminal behavior are too numerous to list in this response but my point is that it would be misleading to say that every felon or criminal exhibits the sociopathic behavior described in the article.

Additionally I believe that categorizing any and/or all criminals as "lazy" would be a dangerous assumption. I would call the criminals and predators of the world opportunistic more than anything else. Yes, they will observe, identify and seek out the weakest of any group, security practice or defense mechanism but that is not lazy, that is smart and in line with the thinking of self preservation. There are a high number of criminals that I would venture to call very industrious.

I'm not taking away from the many good pointers in the article but I am pointing out that it does perpetuate many fallacies about the often violent people that covet and would seek to separate us from the nice things we've worked hard to achieve. Be vigilant, avoid complacency and don't try to box all of our would be predatory entities into one tidy little package because these criminals are made in many different molds and hide behind many different facades.

Sociopaths and psychopaths are not the same.

Just remember in any encounter with a criminal you are not their first victem but possibly one of hundreds.

Ron, I agree. I used the word lazy not in they are lazy but describing how they make there choices. Looking for the easiest target exactly as you described.
I get your point about those without a moral compass and yes they will have no feelings, but inherently the criminal is not thinking about anything other than himself at the end. While not all criminals will have no thought to the victim at the end the thought of what I want or think I need out ways all other considerations.
Having worked similar to you, yes there are external factors but all of them lead the criminal to choose his needs over that of the victim.
Hence the need for situational awareness and realizing that there is indeed no nice little box to lump them into.

Lazy? No.
Opportunistic? Yes.

Work smarter, not harder.

Remember.. Every criminal thinks they're not gonna get caught.

No, not exactly alike but very much similar conditions with many common symptoms/indicators. Generally speaking psychopathy being considered the more severe form of sociopathy.

Psychopath vs. Sociopath: What’s the Difference?

https://www.healthyplace.com/personality-disorders/psychopath/psychopath-vs-sociopath-what-s-the-difference

Learned this long ago. Trained for this with and without weapons and now the scum can sense it and steer clear

Predators do not want to clash with a superior predator

One more thing: See it coming

It would seem to me that these traits could also be found in our political leaders at all levels of government.

There have been lots of studies that have shown sociopaths are attracted to positions of power and influence. They also don't care who they step on or double-cross to get there, which makes the journey up the proverbial ladder a lot easier.

True enough to be scary!