Victim syndrome or “Stockholm syndrome” in psychology

Many people are interested in the victim syndrome in psychology.

Does human behavior affect what he becomes a victim of criminals?

What are the behaviors of a crime victim?

Essence and history of the term

Essence of the term "Stockholm syndrome" lies in the fact that the victim of a criminal begins to support him and justify his actions or when the victim falls in love with his captor.

The term itself owes its name to the events that occurred in 1973 in Stockholm.

August 23 of this year, the criminal Jan-Erik Ulsson escaped from prison and captured one of the banks cities.

In the process of capture, he wounded a policeman. In addition, four bank employees were taken hostage.

The offender made the requirement to deliver to the bank of his cellmate. Police fulfilled his request. The hostages called Minister Olof Palme and demanded that all the demands of the criminals be fulfilled. August 28, the attack took place criminals. Hostage police released.

But the hostages said that they were not afraid of criminals, the police instilled fear in them, and the criminals did not do anything wrong. There is evidence that it was the hostages who paid the lawyers to the criminals.

Of course, there was the Stockholm syndrome before the tragic events in Stockholm. But his current name is he owes precisely these events.

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What is the victim's behavior in criminal psychology?

Victimization - this is the name of a person’s tendency to become a victim of crime. This term is widely used in Russian forensics. In the west, this term is practically not used.

In addition, in the west, it is believed that the assumption of the very fact that the victim can provoke a crime, is an accusation of the victim and is subject to sharp criticism.

Victimization - examples

In the summer of 2017, a man was arrested in St. Petersburg raped a woman.

He followed her into the porch.

Victim behavior of the victim in this case is that she was not careful, she didn’t look around and went into the porch with an unknown man, although she could have stopped and missed him.

But Pavel Shuvalov attracted young girls in pantyhose. He worked in the police and the girls who walked in pantyhose and made minor violations, for example, passed on the subway without a token, he was inclined to meet during off-hours.

Then he killed them. Victim behavior of the victims in this case is wearing clothes that provoked a maniac torturer on crime.

Another example. Alexander Spesivtsev, a cannibal maniac, which has about 82 victims. The victims were brought to him by his own mother.. She asked for help to bring heavy bags to her apartment.

The girls who agreed had victimization behavior. They went home to a stranger, where, in fact, there was trouble.

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What is the Stockholm syndrome in the family?

If there is a situation in which one person has power over another, then the second person needs to somehow adapt to the situation in order to survive. This mechanism is archaic.

It was he helped the whole of humanity survive. In addition, some individual ethnic groups were able to survive during the wars for resources. Stockholm syndrome is a simple mimicry, an adaptive tool.

Any biological creature can adapt to aggressive environmental exposure if it changes its characteristics and behavior.

Domestic love sacrifice syndrome in a couple is that the situation changes under the influence of the power of one person over another.

Often this mechanism is manifested in people who grew up in families in which parents had unlimited power over children and abused it.

Also, the mechanism can manifest itself in those people who have experienced violence. It manifests itself in all respects that occur in such people in the future. It concerns all relationships friendly, family, workers and others that may occur in humans.

Such a person may try to take power over his partner. If this does not work out, he will adapt to the requirements of the partner, at the same time, he will completely abandon all his needs and individualities.

Power in cases of such a format of relations can manifest itself in one or several ways:

or you do what you say, or piss off;
I don't care if you are there, I will tolerate you exactly as long as it is convenient for me and I do not care about all your claims;
nobody loves you, nobody needs you, other people are more interesting to me.

Subordination is usually expressed in the fact that the subordinate partner always finds a way to consider the interests and needs of the dominant partner. In addition, there is always a way to justify violent acts.

Sometimes the victim completely denies having violent behavior, often such a person poorly understands what is happening, what are his needs. He is confused and does not understand what he wants, what he needs.

In a stable pair, both partners may possess these skills and take power for fear of being taken by another partner.

This can happen at the moment when submissive partner will accumulate a large amount of anger.

In some cases, such a change of roles can occur for a long period, sometimes just a few minutes.

Psychologists call such relationships co-dependent. Exit from them is possible. Often, people in such relationships do not find the strength to get out of them.

Victim syndrome - how to get rid?

In order to reduce the chances of becoming a victim of a maniac, robber or thief, follow these rules:

do not demonstrate that you have valuables, for example, the laptop is best carried in a regular backpack, and not in a special bag, you should also not get large amounts of cash;
defiant clothing such as short shorts, mini skirts, and so on should not be worn;
do not get into the car to strangers, do not go to visit strangers;
Remember, too, that a lot of attacks are made just by familiar people, so be careful about your social circle;
it is not advisable to enter the front and the elevator with strangers;
do not be defiant.

Also, remember that victims are often unsure people. It is important to get rid of uncertainty, low self-esteem.

When it comes to family relationships, it is important to acquire the skills of independent living and respect for yourself, for your needs, as well as the needs of your partner.

Under independent life The following factors are meant:

material independence, it is important to find a job and in any conditions have your own source of income;
interests independent of the partner;
having strong friendships with people;
self-realization on the professional front;
training of skills of cooperation with other people, which is based on equality, as well as respect for their needs and the needs of others, as well as a clear understanding of their personal boundaries and personal boundaries of others.

These skills allow do not become a victim in a relationship.

Books

If you have the desire, you can read the following Stockholm syndrome books:

Love the monster. Brief history of Stockholm syndrome. Author Ressler R.
Stockholm syndrome. Novel. The author Jan Rozova.
Stockholm syndrome. Notes saved. Sergey Orlov.

Of course, by no means the victim’s behavior does not remove responsibility from the criminal. Of course, there are no specific rules that would avoid robbery or rape.

Rob and rape everyone, even those who wear a robe, do not show their wealth and travels home at 6 in the evening by tram, and not in 3 nights for a ride. However, some rules reduce the risk of becoming a victim of criminals.

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