Comments on: Self-Defense: End Victimization! http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/05/self-defense-end-victimization/ I use this blog to provide safety, self-defense, and security information, addressing topics such as domestic abuse, teen violence, and violent crime prevention. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:59:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Bernard Smith http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/05/self-defense-end-victimization/#comment-225648 Bernard Smith Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:22:12 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/05/self-defense-end-victimization/#comment-225648 The Five Stages of Violent Crime: Crime and violence are processes that take time to develop. The attack is not the first step, the preliminary triangle must be built. There are five distinct stages that are easily identified: 1) Intent 2) Interview 3) Positioning 4) Attack 5) Reaction During the first three stages, you can prevent an attack without the use of violence. These are where the criminal (or violent person) decides whether or not he can get away with it. He may want to (Intent), but if he doesn't have the opportunity (Positioning) he cannot succeed. The Interview is his way to double check if you are safe for him to attack. If these conditions are not met, he will not attack! What we are about to say is not hyperbole. Selecting a safe victim is a matter of life or death for the criminal. If he picks the wrong target, he's the one who is going to die. Therefore, he's going to make sure he can successfully use violence against you (Interview and Positioning) before he commits himself to act. Once he is sure of his ability to succeed -- and has put you in a position where he can quickly overwhelm you -- he will attack. The Five Stages of Violent Crime:
Crime and violence are processes that take time to develop. The attack is not the first step, the preliminary triangle must be built. There are five distinct stages that are easily identified:
1) Intent
2) Interview
3) Positioning
4) Attack
5) Reaction

During the first three stages, you can prevent an attack without the use of violence. These are where the criminal (or violent person) decides whether or not he can get away with it. He may want to (Intent), but if he doesn’t have the opportunity (Positioning) he cannot succeed. The Interview is his way to double check if you are safe for him to attack. If these conditions are not met, he will not attack!

What we are about to say is not hyperbole. Selecting a safe victim is a matter of life or death for the criminal. If he picks the wrong target, he’s the one who is going to die. Therefore, he’s going to make sure he can successfully use violence against you (Interview and Positioning) before he commits himself to act. Once he is sure of his ability to succeed — and has put you in a position where he can quickly overwhelm you — he will attack.

]]> By: Jeannette http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/05/self-defense-end-victimization/#comment-137 Jeannette Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:32:48 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/05/self-defense-end-victimization/#comment-137 I think that once more people start to understand that the political state thrives on human conflict (like crime), they will be better equipped to start taking responsibility for their own lives and end/reduce victimization. If conflict did not exist, then the political state, in turn, would have no real reason for existence. Apart from the rhetoric, political leaders are not seriously concerned with truly ending crime because it is not in their best interest to do so. Crime is a huge weapon of fear and intimidation for the political state. It grants legislators, law enforcement officials, etc. a justification for all manner of tyrannical, oppressive behavior. Instead, the state, employing the stick method, simply punishes acts of crime in and of themselves, ignoring the root causes of such acts. Rarely does anyone stop to examine why crime occurs and we have grown so accustomed to the parental authority of the state that we expect it to solve all of our conflicts for us. It's a vicious cycle. I believe that only when we can start seriously considering these issues on a mass scale of public consciousness will we come closer to understanding the true nature of crime and how we can end it. I think that once more people start to understand that the political state thrives on human conflict (like crime), they will be better equipped to start taking responsibility for their own lives and end/reduce victimization.

If conflict did not exist, then the political state, in turn, would have no real reason for existence. Apart from the rhetoric, political leaders are not seriously concerned with truly ending crime because it is not in their best interest to do so. Crime is a huge weapon of fear and intimidation for the political state. It grants legislators, law enforcement officials, etc. a justification for all manner of tyrannical, oppressive behavior.

Instead, the state, employing the stick method, simply punishes acts of crime in and of themselves, ignoring the root causes of such acts. Rarely does anyone stop to examine why crime occurs and we have grown so accustomed to the parental authority of the state that we expect it to solve all of our conflicts for us. It’s a vicious cycle.

I believe that only when we can start seriously considering these issues on a mass scale of public consciousness will we come closer to understanding the true nature of crime and how we can end it.

]]> By: Big Gay Al http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/05/self-defense-end-victimization/#comment-75 Big Gay Al Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:08:30 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/05/self-defense-end-victimization/#comment-75 To quote that great philanthropist, Al Capone, "You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun." To quote that great philanthropist, Al Capone,
“You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.”

]]> By: dave http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/05/self-defense-end-victimization/#comment-55 dave Sun, 05 Nov 2006 19:03:05 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/05/self-defense-end-victimization/#comment-55 I understand the need for knowledge in self-defense, but the production of weapons could just as easily be used by victimizers. This is not to say you should or shouldn't be able to fashion a device to your liking, but it is not a viable solution. I much prefer the neighborhood watch idea, since it relies more on the common morality of human-kind, and will be strong in a healthy society. The strength of the society will in turn be self-enduring out of necessity. However, I must disagree with the idea of putting people in jail and then rehabilitating them. They should rather be immediately consulted by their friends and their community, including the friends and family of the victims. I feel that jail is a knee-jerk overcompensation that may only serve to agitate more. In terms of the dangerously chemically imbalanced, they may only stand to suffer more from being thrown in jail. Rather, community actions should be set up designed to care for the mentally sick. I understand the need for knowledge in self-defense, but the production of weapons could just as easily be used by victimizers. This is not to say you should or shouldn’t be able to fashion a device to your liking, but it is not a viable solution. I much prefer the neighborhood watch idea, since it relies more on the common morality of human-kind, and will be strong in a healthy society. The strength of the society will in turn be self-enduring out of necessity.
However, I must disagree with the idea of putting people in jail and then rehabilitating them. They should rather be immediately consulted by their friends and their community, including the friends and family of the victims. I feel that jail is a knee-jerk overcompensation that may only serve to agitate more. In terms of the dangerously chemically imbalanced, they may only stand to suffer more from being thrown in jail. Rather, community actions should be set up designed to care for the mentally sick.

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