Criminal Thinking Tactics

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Criminal Thinking Tactics

• You will continually point out staff inadequacies.
• Building yourself up by putting others down.
• Telling others what they want to hear and not what is truth.
• Lying – by omission, by distorting the truth and by disclosing only what benefits him/her.
• Vagueness. “Someone”, “I will think about it”, “Maybe”, “If I feel like it.”
• Diverts attention away from self. Introduces irrelevant material.  Invokes racial issues.
• Attempting to confuse others.
• Minimizes the situation. “I just got into a little trouble.”
• Agree or say “yes” without really meaning it.
• Silence.
• Paying attention only to what suits you.
• Make a big scene about a minor point.
• Putting off doing something by saying “I forgot.”
• Putting others on the defensive. The tactics such as degrading,  quibbling over words, trying to embarrass, using anger as a weapon.
• Total inattention.
• Accusing others of misunderstanding.
• Claiming that you have changed because you did it right once.