Criminal Minds
Recap

The criminal minds of predators have the advantage of choosing the plan, the time, the place, and the prey. Yet, all their clever lures and traps depend upon one critical factor: the naïveté of their prey.

A predator may be anything from a slow-witted, pathetic loser to a quick-witted, charming, handsome fiend. Always assume he’s very willing to kill you – no matter what he promises.

The endless varieties of deceitful criminal minds are as limitless as the human imagination. But now you won’t be fooled quite so easily. The bottom line: pay less attention to a friendly stranger’s words and more to his overall intent. Is he trying to get close to you, gain your trust, or isolate you? Wariness optimizes your intuition and survival instinct. Remember the basic axiom of science: Skepticism is the only tool to find the truth. Be the ultimate skeptic!

And remember that deceit can cut both ways. To help you escape from a predator, you too can use the deceptions described on these pages of Criminal Minds along with the Outsmarting verbal ploys and the surprise-attack Sucker Punch.

Evade any attempt to isolate you by firmly saying, “No, thank you,” or by snarling and swearing a blue streak at the top of your lungs. Get away by any means necessary.

Ultimately, responding instantly to any violent predator with an eye-gouging, throat-piercing, testicle-shredding kill-or-be-killed fight for your life may well be your best chance for survival.

Whew! Well, that certainly begs the next question: what are all your options when dealing with criminal minds besides a fighting-fire-with-fire response? Find out in Victim’s Options - Overview.

S.A.F.E. is being:
Skeptical of anyone trying to get near you or trying to isolate you,
Aware of danger zones and escape strategies,
Flexible: being tricky, changing strategies as needed – and if worse comes to worst:
Exploding like a mad dog to fight for your life. Stun & run. See Fighting Options - Overview.

• The Anatomy of Motive: The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker. Scribner 1999
• Cops by Mark Baker. Pocket Books 1985
• The Evil That Men Do: FBI Profiler Roy Hazelwood's Journey into the Minds of Sexual Predators by Stephen G. Michaud. St. Martins Press 1999
• The 48 Laws of Power by Joost Elffers and Robert Greene. Viking Press 1998
• The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker. Little, Brown & Co. 1997
• The Human Predator: A Historical Chronicle of Serial Murder and Forensic Investigation by Dr. Katherine Ramsland. Berkley 2005
• Malicious Intent: A Writer’s Guide to How Murderers, Robbers, Rapists, and Other Criminals Think by Sean Mactire. Writer’s Digest Books 1995
• Overkill: Mass Murder and Serial Killing Exposed by James Alan Fox and Jack Levin. Dell 1996
• Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists, and Other Sex Offenders – Who They Are, How They Operate and How We Can Protect Ourselves and Our Children by Dr. Anna C. Salter. Basic Books 2003
• Protecting Your Life, Home, and Property by Captain Robert L. Snow. Plenum Press 1995
• Straight Talk About Criminals by Dr. Stanton E. Samenow. Aronson 1998
• Telling Lies by Dr. Paul Ekman. W.W. Norton & Company 1992
• Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI by Robert K. Ressler and Thomas Schachtman. St Martins Press 1994

Blow away your naiveté with:
• Criminal Minds - Overview of the treacherous mindset of the predator you’re facing and what tricks might be up his sleeve.
• Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: friendly predators you'd never suspect.
• Quick Tricks: insights into sleight of hand and physical bluffs that criminal minds use to bamboozle you.
• Mind Games: how master manipulators control you like a puppet on a string.
• Intuition: trusting your early-warning survival system.
• Predator Profiles: robber's, rapist's, and killer's criminal minds.
• Predatory Mind: an extraordinarily enlightening view into the heart of darkness - and how to beat him at his own game.
• Recap of Criminal Minds (YOU’RE NOW ON THIS PAGE).
• Security Products - Overview

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