Criminals are scared too, that helps a lot in these situations. You just need to not act like a target. That sounds somewhat like pre-emptive victim blaming bu

Criminals are scared too, that helps a lot in these situations. You just need to not act like a target. That sounds somewhat like pre-emptive victim blaming but essentially you have to play mind games if you step to a criminal so if you do it wrong that's kind of on you.