Situational Awareness and Victim Selection

By Dr. Francois Meyer

Situational Awareness is the buzz word in the self-defense arena, but how can you be aware if you do not know what exactly you are looking for?
oWhat does a potential criminal look like?
oHow do you spot potential danger and what does it look like?
oWhat about your surroundings?
oDo you even know what to look for?
Criminals plan ahead. They select their victims carefully, whether a hasty attack or a long-planned crime.
Victimology: Victim Selection discusses what the typical victims of crime look like and how they are targeted/ selected.
Learn how criminals select their victims and know how NOT to be a target.
After 30 years of hands-on experience as a veteran high-risk law enforcement officer and tactical instructor in private security, as well as research from real life studies from victims and criminal activities with some of the most innovative criminals in the country listed no. 4 in the world of Highest Crime Rate by Country, YOU can now finally be prepared to avert the attack BEFORE it happens. I have dedicated the last few years to extensive research, so you do not have to...
Physical Self-defence is a LAST RESORT. Preventing yourself from becoming a victim is the FIRST.
Be Prepared!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dr. Francois Meyer
• Release date: Apr 26, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005680619

Dr. Francois Meyer

I am a Certified & Ordained Life Coach Minister, a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Practitioner with qualifications in Criminal Psychology. I also mentor to many training providers across the world in the Adult Education and training industry. I specialize in Adult Education, and as a professional coach, I inspire, mentor, and coach law enforcement officers and teachers, etc. to reach NEW HEIGHTS in their careers and personal lives. I am professional Training Counsellor with almost 30 years' experience in law enforcement and adult education training.Above all, I am an Ordained Minister on an international level with a Doctorate in Theology with a very inquisitive mind.I want to know why...Now I have dedicated my time in finding the truth, the whole truth, about the Word of God, and refuse to believe the sugar-coated Gospel about all being saved is all there is.To know YHWH (God) is more than that!God is more than that!Join me in seeking the mysteries of the Bible and the “hidden truths”.I will continue searching for the answers to the ancient mysteries of the Bible. Stay updated on the discoveries.Join me on my website: https://e-learnpro.org/Or my YouTube channel: Group 1815Enroll in one of my courses below and get a certificate upon completion.Dr. Francois Meyer

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FOREWORD

CRIME FORMS A GREAT PART OF OUR DAILY LIVES. NO-ONE IS IMMUNE AGAINST THE CRIMINAL ASPECT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

Not a day goes by that we don't read in the news paper about someone who was attacked in their homes. Violent crimes and armed robbery are a serious problem in the world. Many people believe it won't happen to them, and therefore do not prepare or plan ahead.

If you are unprepared, there is a 90% chance of you falling a victim to crime sooner or later. With a little foresight and planning, you can lessen these chances to only 10%.

YOUR LACK OF AWARENESS MAY GET YOU KILLED!

Learn how to be a TOUGH TARGET.

REMEMBER: No crime can commence if the opportunity therefore does not exist.

In this book, we look at how crime affects us and what we can do as individuals to lessen our chances of falling victim to crime.

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Contents

Prologue

Chapter 1: Why do people commit crimes?

Chapter 2: Statistics: The crime picture

Chapter 3: Profile of a victim

Chapter 4: Criminals

Chapter 5: How do YOU become a victim?

Chapter 6: Self- defence (the legal side)

Chapter 7: Pro-active lifestyle

Chapter 8: Levels of Situational Awareness

Chapter 9: Your Body's Survival Mechanism

Chapter 10: Elements of a Crime

Chapter 11: The Criminal Planning Cycle

Chapter 12: Effective Counter Surveillance Techniques

Chapter 13: CRIME PAYS!

Chapter 14: Handling conflict

Chapter 15: Defence vs. Offence

Chapter 16: Available weapons

About the Author

Online courses by the Author

Prologue

SHUT UP!

SHU-U-U-U-U-T-T …. U-U-U-P-P!!!

STUPID DOG!

I lift my mobile phone from the bedside table. Eyes strain as they try to see what time it is. Eyes squint from the screen light.

2:14 AM!

The dog does not stop barking. Hide under my pillow, cover my ears. I am meeting with an important client in a few hours, and looking tired, with puffy eyes, will most definitely not enhance my professional image.

Silence! At last!

Drowse off….

CLANG!... Cling...Cling...Cling…cling...cling

Eyes wide shut... Focus… listen… that was in the house…

Gun… flashlight…

Where are the kids?

Walk downstairs… flashlight off… carefully contemplating each step...

The curtain in the lounge is bulging in the wind... but I closed it… I did.

Someone is in the house…

CRIME FORMS A GREAT PART OF OUR DAILY LIVES. NO-ONE IS IMMUNE AGAINST THE CRIMINAL ASPECT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

Not a day goes by that we don't read in the newspaper about someone who was attacked in their homes. Violent crimes and armed robbery are a serious problem in the world. Many people believe it won't happen to them, and therefore do not prepare or plan ahead.

If you are unprepared, there is a 90% chance of you falling a victim to crime sooner or later. With a little foresight and planning, you can lessen these chances to only 10%.

YOUR LACK OF AWARENESS MAY GET YOU KILLED!

Learn how Not to be a Victim…

REMEMBER: No crime can commence if the opportunity therefore does not exist.

In this book, we look at how crime affects us and what we can do as individuals to lessen our chances of falling victim to crime.

The research in this book is based on the study of criminal, as well as victim behaviour, in a country ranking 3rd in the world with most violent crimes. As a law enforcement, tactical, and private security professional trainer, I train instructors on international levels and was invited as guest presenter at International Annual Training Conferences for Law Enforcement Instructors. Apart from that, I study people and behaviour. And with a qualification in Forensic Psychology, qualified Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Practitioner, Ordained Life Coach Minister, and a Doctor’s Degree in Theology, I get to study people and behaviour on a regular basis. I mainly focus on PTSD and victimology, the aftermath of crime, but it is even more important to focus on the prevention of crime. By this, I mean preventing from becoming a victim in the first place. Because by doing that, you will not have to go to extreme physical measures of self-defence.

Situational Awareness…

The latest buzz word in the self-defence arena.

It teaches you to be aware of your surroundings, and the steps of awareness so that you do not get caught by surprise and feel paralyzed when the guy suddenly appears in front of you.

The problem is that it helps just diddly squat if you do not know what to look for.

So, what do potential criminals look like?

How do they think?

(Yes, from a Criminal Psychology point of view, I can bore you with endless white papers on the poor attacker, and how he comes from a background of abuse, poor neighbourhood, alcoholic parents, and current joblessness.)

But that is NOT what you want to know, is it?

Right now, you do not care where he comes from, or who his father was. You do not care whether he lost his job recently or has sick family members at home.

Your stuff is your stuff!

You worked hard, very hard, to accumulate all your stuff. You do not intend to give it all away to someone who just pops in for a quick, uninvited visit in the wee hours of the morning, to relieve you from the burden of your plasma TV.

Welcoming someone in your home at 3AM who entered through the window, is not on top of the friendliness list. Afterall, they almost never give you time to brush your teeth or gargle mouthwash before you greet them. Morning breath! Ughh!

Chapter 1

Why do people commit crimes?

Why do people commit crimes?

Why do people commit crimes regardless of the consequences?

Do they think of the benefits and risks?

Why do others never commit a crime?

Before we get to the how, I will provide you with a brief overview from a Forensic Psychology point of view. Don’t worry, I will not use Shakespeare English and big words. If we have a basic understanding of why crimes are committed, we can predict possible rise in crime, or prepare better to prevent it.

This chapter is not about the felon’s past, or upbringing, or abusive parents, or poor neighbourhood. This is about factors and motivators that encourage people to commit crime.

Here are some motivators:

Greed, Anger, Jealousy, Revenge, Pride

While some consider it better than a regular job:

Greater rewards

Excitement

Admiration

Adrenalin rush

Desire for material gain

Some crimes are spur of the moment:

Control

Revenge

Power

Planning:

Other crimes take a lot more planning and precision, like bank robberies.

Here are some factors that influence crime:

Poverty level and job availability

Your family must eat, right? What would you do to feed your family?

Social Morality Level

Individual morality

This forms the foundation of decisions of and judgments by the individual: honesty, loyalty, good faith, and responsibility

Social morality

Fairness helps to govern society and to control individual behaviour. Social morality considers whether an action threatens the well-being of the community.

Police Policy on tough sentences

What is the police presence in an area, and how competent are the police?

Risk of arrest and punishment

The lesser chance of being caught, the greater the ability to get away with it. And even if they do get caught, if the police fail to do a proper investigation, or build a proper case, the conviction will fail.

Parental relations

Relationship with parents, role models, etc.

Peer pressure

a feeling that one must do the same things as other people of one's age and social group to be liked or respected by them.

Education

Although it is considered in the criminal psychology environment that better educated people steal less or not at all, I found different results in a country where crime is the national sport. Higher educated people just steal differently. A person with a bachelor’s degree may not go shoplifting or steal a car, but he will scam someone into a business deal or pay a bribe to win a huge tender. You see, greed targets everyone. Pride targets everyone. And because of this, everybody wants to be somebody. Status is everything