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Criminology Crime-Line
Adventures in the Pseudosciences

December 2010, by Dr. Randy Gonzalez www.drgonzo.org Scribd.com

Make no mistake as to its prurient character. You

(From a work entitled: Ritualized Criminality –
know exactly what this entails. You’ve been there
Cults, Terrorism and Organized Crime)
in your thoughts. Ideation contemplates the
Assessing the Arcane in Acts of Evil:
salacious offenses yet to be revealed. Your sense
At the outset, a working definition of evil is
of good and evil is lurking below the surface
probably essential. As the discussion queries the
within your thoughts. This is the stuff from which
many facets of cultic criminal behavior, a
dreams are scripted. You hand grips the smoking
generalized approach is helpful. Cults, terrorist
gun. Evilness is inside us all. Everyone bears its
groups and other occult organizations sometimes
mark. We see it every time we look in the mirror.
perpetrate acts contrary to the criminal laws.
We are it and it is us. And yet, evil is an
While most non-traditional collectives remain
important aspect of human nature. Brings
peaceful in their communal assembly. Some sects
balance to naturalistic spirit of human existence.
and allied individuals do not. Extreme behaviors
Virtue searches the expanse of human
occur in every cluster of humanity. Small clusters
imagination for its polar opposite. Vice of every
foment anti-social behaviors. Evil is allowed to
sort challenges the benefit of personal advantage.
replicate contravention of lawful conduct. That is
to say, to any discussion relative to criminality, a
concept of evil is important. For this, we can say We might think the word is too broad, perhaps
vice, iniquity and immorality compete for archaic in so called post-modern times. None the
definitional status. In the relevance of self- less, the dark quality of the presence reflects the
indulgent activities, evil is very much the flavor of true elementary components of humanity. While
human criminality. The mindset of malice evil is often seen in others, opinion typically
aforethought evolves the intent to do wrongdoing. varies. Suffice it to say, the nature of evil is
Transgression is an exercise of freedom. Crime perpetrated by us in a multiplicity of forms.
challenges lofty notions of civility. We make our There are victims who suffer our imposition of
own choices to fulfill the fruition of personal degrading and inhuman acts of violence.1
fantasy. For this, people choose to use evil to harm
Baumeister, R.F., Evil – Inside Human Cruelty and Violence,
their fellow citizens. (New York, NY: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1997), page 6-9;

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of
human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness
of mere being. Carl Jung
Terrorism is an act of evil. A terroristic action
brings to mind the elements of a political
conception. Even though a bank robber, or a rapist,
can set the stage for a terroristic event. Generally,
terrorism suggests incidents perpetrated to provoke
government responses. In the process, the terrorist
acts out his or her fantasy to obtain a certain
objective. Thinking processes organize, plan and
carry out the criminal aspects of conscious
behaviors.
Always, the initiation of the intention to commit a
crime is for personal gain. A person or group
desires to achieve individual or group gratification.
Collision comes into play by the malevolent conduct
of the collective associations. Neither cultic crime
nor terroristic conduct culminates in the alleged
“heat of passion”. Criminality does not result from
impulse control problems. No one just “snaps”, or
“loses it”. If so, they all too easily find “it” later.
That’s pretty convenient when you get caught.
Performance is based on planning from
preconceived ideation.
The acquisition of a particular commodity could be
psychological or physical in the meaning to the
criminal. He or she commits selected criminal
activities in order to raise the specter of terrorism.
Or, to otherwise express the consensus of cultic
associations.
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Once the terror incident has occurred, then the
notoriety is sought. Terrorists seem to get a
libidinous kind of sensual pleasure out of doing the
deed. Perhaps such illicit activities suggest a
personalized seduction to criminality. As the
terrorist “gets off” on the incident, terror invites the
public’s psyche to consider fearful possibilities.
Fear is crucial to the lascivious satisfaction the
terrorist gets from the totality of the event. In this
regard though, we socially define terrorism in
somewhat generalized terms. From a planned and
deliberate implementation of anti-social behavior,
terrorism intends to instigate violence for political
purposes. Generally speaking, non-combatants are
involved as targets of opportunity. The overall
intent is to ensure influential consequences over
recognized authority.
Such groups may be either domestic or international
in affiliation. Terroristic attitudes offer human
expression in different forms of criminal law
violations. Examples include kidnappings,
bombings, assorted cyber crimes, money laundering,
embezzlement, racketeering, arson, murder and
armed robberies. Ideology is typically asserted for
cover story purposes.1
Schmalleger, F., Criminology Today – An Integrative
Introduction – Fourth Edition, (Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2006) pages 346-347;