Why is the Reaction stage of a violent crime so dangerous to the victim? Because it has nothing to do with the victim and at this point they have very little control over the situation.

1. Beginning Self-Defense
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Class 4: The Reaction (This document is available at www.slideshare.net/JoshWaltzing)
I. Review
A. How can we determine a criminal’s Intent?
B. What are the Five Types of Interviews?
C. In what ways can criminals Position themselves to achieve their goals?
D. Why is an Attack different than Bullying?
E. What is different about normal people with small character flaws and criminals?
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A. This is the most DANGEROUS of the stages
1. How the criminal FEELS after the attack
2. Did they get the POWER they wanted
a. If they did not, they will do more to get the feeling
B. Most consistently dangerous criminals are Rapists
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1. Where a Rape can easily become a Homicide
a. Forcing sex did not give him the rush he wanted so maybe
killing the victim will.
2. The profile of a rapist makes them very dangerous
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a. Insensitive of others
i. Puts his needs above others and his way is more important
that others
b. Put others down
i. Observe his attitude toward others who are different; racial,
religious, and socioeconomic superiority can become
gender based.
c. Constant negating comments
i. Telling you what you think or how you feel
d. Hostile Language
i. Their word choices reflect their attitudes and assumptions
e. Bullying
i. Threats of violence to get their way.
f. Excessive Anger
i. Do they have a “short fuse” or a “hot temper,” this can
indicate chronic anger that will boil over onto you?
g. Revenge seeking
i. Do they have to win or get the last word in an argument
just to “stick it to them?”
h. Obsessive behavior
i. The “Habitual Flirt”
i. Extreme Mood swings
i. Can go from “Cloud 9” to deep depression very quickly.
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j. Physical tantrums
i. Do they physically hit objects and the environment when
angry?
k. Jock mentality
i. Is violence an accepted form of socializing, do they play
contact sports where it is important to be aggressive?
l. “Mean” when drunk
i. Someone who is mean when drunk is very dangerous, do
not also be intoxicated when around them.
m. Past history of alcohol or drug abuse
i. Indicates a refusal to change their world view and they are
used as an excuse for bad behaviors.
3. People don’t suddenly become rapists
a. They have a history of behavior that is moving them toward
this result.
b. Small shifts in behavior and attitude can still end in the
same location as large leaps.
4. In addition,
a. Your responsibility or lack thereof can get you in trouble
b. If you set yourself up to get raped, it will happen regardless
of what you feel he should do
C. It is important to never assume you are out of danger, even if you have completely
cooperated, until the criminal is completely out of sight.
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1. It is better to prevent this assault from ever happening than to stop it
once it starts.
2. A VERY IMPORTANT POINT!
a. If you have to fight off a rapist, you might very well be
fighting for your LIFE!
b. Once to the point of committing the crime, the Rapist it is
unlikely that they will stop voluntarily.
i. You will have to forcibly stop them,
ii. That process will be very violent.
iii. Someone might die
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