What is the nature of human to human violence? Does the animal world hide a secret about ourselves? What does a statistical analysis of hundreds of millions of violent crimes show us? All of this and more shows us the true nature of Human Combative Behaviour.

1. HUMAN
COMBATIVE
BEHAVIOUR
Insights from the Animal Kingdom
and Statistical Analysis

2. Fundamentally, how and
why do humans engage
in combat with one
another?

3. We'll look at howanimals engage in combat as well as
analyse statistics from millions and millions of violent crime
incidents from around the world to determine some truths

4. WHAT
ABOUT
ANIMALS?

5. By studying animals in the wild engage in
COMBAT, great insight can be had into
how humans engage in combat

6. "It is appropriate...
to look into both man's culture
and his biology, (i.e., animal behavior) to
understand man's biologically based,
culturally manifested, combative behavior."
-Hunter B. Armstrong

7. In the ANIMAL
KINGDOM, animals
engage in combat in just
TWO fundamental ways

8. Same Species: Dominance, highly emotional, mating rights...

9. rarely lethal, presence of others,
intimidation, opponent known

10. Same Species is
ALPHA MALE
Type Combative Behaviour

11. Inter Species: Predator versus Prey, stalk, hunt for food...

12. more lethal, motivated by resource, dispassionate,
initiated not provoked

13. Inter Species is
PREDATORY
Type Combative Behaviour

14. Significant differences

15. ALPHA MALE PREDATORY
(Same Species) (Inter Species)
Highly emotional Not emotional
Status Resources
Rarely lethal More lethal
Intimidation Dispassionate
Posturing Deception/surprise

16. COMPARING
ANIMALS TO
HUMANS

17. Humans
engage in combat
with one another the
same way animals do
(but within our own species)

18. In Human to Human
Combat, there are also only
TWO types of attackers

19. Alpha Male

20. Predator

21. ALPHA MALE
Human Combative Behaviour
is mostly seen under
the umbrella of ASSAULT
(street fights, punch ups, brawls etc.)

22. Alpha Male: Dominance, highly emotional, reputation...

23. PREDATORY
Human Combative Behaviour
is seen in
MUGGINGS, ROBBERY and KIDNAPPING
along with most other
violent crimes

24. Predatory: Resource driven, stalk, dispassionate...

25. STATISTICAL
3.
ANALYSIS

26. Now that you have seen the
logic,
check out the data...
Obtained and analysed from
Government statistics
from the US, UK, Australia and
Canada
From millions of incidents...

27. Comparison Between
Assault and Robbery
Robbery is most common Predatory crime (includes mugging)

28. Stats: Most
cases of Assault
Assault
were between
people who
knew each other

29. Assault Stats: Only a
small number
of Assault
cases involved
a weapon

30. Stats: Most
Assault Assaults occur at
home or place
of entertainment

31. Stats: About
half of all Assault
Assault cases
involved people
who had been
drinking

32. ASSAULT
Statistical Analysis same results as
Logic
Same dynamic as two animals of
same species engaging in combat

33. Stats: Most
Robberies were
Robbery
between people who
did NOT know each
other

34. Stats: Almost Robbery
half of all
Robbery
cases
involve
weapons

35. Stats: Most Robberies
Robbery occur on street or
other open land

36. Robbery
Stats: Only small amount of people
involved under influence of alcohol

37. ROBBERY
Statistical Analysis same results as
Logic
Same dynamic as animals of different
species engaging in combat

38. 10 Times More Likely

39. Statistical Outcomes
Assault Robbery
(Alpha Male) (Predatory)
Unknown Victim
Opponent Known
Half
Unarmed
Weapons
Social
Open Land
Half Alcohol
Low Alcohol
More common
Less common

40. LONG
TERM
VIOLENT
CRIME
TRENDS

41. Comparing Alpha Male and Predatory
Violent Crime
Covering millions and millions of incidents in the
US over a 50 year timeline

42. and this next slide is important

43. Technical Predatory
Analysis
Alpha Male Robbery
Assault Murder
Rape Property

44. Significant
Differences

45. Events affecting changes
in violent crime rates
affected the two
types independently

46. 5.
RECAP

47. ALPHA MALEPREDATOR
Same species Inter species
Status driven Resource
Assault driven
Less lethal Robbery +
More More lethal
common Less common
Around other In quiet public
people areas
Gradual crime Bumpy crime
trends trends

48. What are YOU more
likely to face?

49. Thank: You

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51. Images
Thanks to these great Sources
Flickr Creative
Commons Statistics
photographers Statistics obtained and
analysed from:
friendlygiraffe amhuxham
senthilprabus gakige Australian Bureau of Statistics
davidbygott fiammifero - Crime and Safety Survey
rocksrain tudor mitrea
_sml rogermayer - Crime Victimisation
spapax abennett96 - Victims of Crime
seljes mharrsch Federal Bureau of Investigation
rswatski tfrancis
hammer51012
- Uniform Crime Reports
smailtronic
bluedharma mcbeth Bureau of Justice Statistics
cuppini gigaboss - National Crime Victimisation Survey
ciordia kouchi Statistics Canada
howardignatius theeerin
robbrucker
- Violent Crime in Canada
drewleavy
neonman cdharrison The Home Office
doom64 secret canadian - British Crime Survey
Welsnet drool - Police Reported Crime
philippeleroyer