Lonnie Athens

He based his study on George Herbert Mead, a philosopher who tried understanding how organisms acquire different traits.

He took all of his findings and his studies and put them together in the book, The Creation of Dangerous Violent Criminals, in which he discusses his theory and the cases he had to look at along the way.

Because of this emotional attachment, the individual resorts to violence as a means to control and dominate others any time they are provoked.

In this stage, they begin to feel most comfortable with what they are doing because they start to gain respect, celebrity status, and fear from others.

3) Malefic: hate based in which the individual views the negative character of others and utilizes violence as his/her response.