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Lady Sidhe · 05-10-2004, 06:56 PM

Here's something interesting I found. It's from Confessions, by St. Augustine, and concerns sin. Replace the word sin with the word crime, and it describes exactly the process that profilers have found is used by the criminal. Comments in parentheses refer to the criminal, non-parentheticals are from St. Augustine:

1. The mind conceives of an action... (fantasizing, for the criminal)

2. ...which is referred to the senses (perhaps videotaping or photographing possible victims)

3. The individual considers the possible consequences ("What I'm doing is illegal, and blah, blah, blah)

4. He decides to commit the sin (crime) ("It may not work, but I want to try it anyway")

5. He then rationalizes the act. ("I did this because I was abused as a kid")

Sidhe

05-10-2004, 06:56 PM	#253
Lady Sidhe That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.... Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Hammond, La. Posts: 978	Here's something interesting I found. It's from Confessions, by St. Augustine, and concerns sin. Replace the word sin with the word crime, and it describes exactly the process that profilers have found is used by the criminal. Comments in parentheses refer to the criminal, non-parentheticals are from St. Augustine: 1. The mind conceives of an action... (fantasizing, for the criminal) 2. ...which is referred to the senses (perhaps videotaping or photographing possible victims) 3. The individual considers the possible consequences ("What I'm doing is illegal, and blah, blah, blah) 4. He decides to commit the sin (crime) ("It may not work, but I want to try it anyway") 5. He then rationalizes the act. ("I did this because I was abused as a kid") Sidhe __________________ My free will...I never leave home without it. --House Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be. -Rita Rudner Last edited by Lady Sidhe; 05-10-2004 at 07:01 PM.