<\/figure>\n\n\n\nIf you want to know how to ensure you don’t become a victim, it is important to understand why people become victims in the first place. Because most of us grew up in societies that have a respect for the law and other people’s existence and human rights, we have pretty clear convictions of what is right and wrong. And we then often assume that everyone else should have these same convictions, and if they don’t, they are wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This assumption is where people go wrong, because the truth is, there are many people out there who don’t have the same moral and judicial convictions. There are people out there who will kill you for your money or possessions. Remember James Anthony Smith who was killed over his pair of red-and-white Nike Air Jordans in Washington DC a few years back? There are people out there who will kill you because they believe their religion is right and yours is wrong. There are people out there who will hurt or kill you for fun or “kicks.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes bad things happen to good people, and the criminals out there are looking for good people to do bad things to. And in a small percentage of incidents, people are just at the wrong place during the wrong time, and regardless how well prepared or aware, they get caught in something out of their control. However, in the majority of situations, in fact in most cases, a proactive approach that includes planning ahead, as well as taking steps to be a hard and unattractive target, will allow a person to avoid negative things happening to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three Reasons People Get Caught In Negative Situations<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If most cases can be prevented through a proactive approach, why do so many people become victims? Here are three reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ignorance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nIgnorance:<\/strong> People don’t like to think or talk about safety and security because it’s scary. We don’t want to think about being robbed, raped, hurt or killed. We don’t want to accept that there are people out there that would do these things to us, and we certainly don’t want to think about them. We don’t want to consider the worst parts of human behavior and psychology.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSo we avoid thinking about safety and security and remain uninformed and uneducated on the topic, and therefore lack the knowledge of how we can be proactive to prevent the negative for occurring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Negligence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nNegligence:<\/strong> The next reason people become victims is negligence. This is when we know better, and we know what to do, but we don’t out of laziness or the belief that “it won’t happen to me.” Negligence is being careless and not giving safety and security the appropriate or sufficient attention it deserves. A very common example of this is the failure to lock doors and windows. Many criminals enter residences to rob through unlocked doors and windows. And you can’t count the number of times law enforcement officers have heard, “I knew better than\u2026” or “I knew I shouldn’t have\u2026” or “I knew I should have\u2026”<\/p>\n\n\n\nDenial<\/h2>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nDenial:<\/strong> Ignorance, negligence, and denial combined make people attractive targets for criminals out there. Denial is a defense mechanism where we refuse to accept the truth about something. It often comes from a combination of ignorance and negligence. People think bad things won’t happen to them, they only happen to others. Or that bad things won’t happen here.<\/p>\n\n\n\nBottom Line:<\/strong> We must strive to eliminate denial, ignorance, and negligence. We must be proactive and aware, and modify the behaviors that make us vulnerable. We must educate ourselves in how to become hard targets. We must then put that education into practice so that we can enjoy life safely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you want to know how to ensure you don’t become a victim, it isimportant to understand why people become victims in the first place.Because most of us grew up in societies that have a respect for thelaw and other people’s existence and human rights, we have prettyclear convictions of what is right and wrong. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\n
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