Part I’s Who—The Characteristics of Perpetrators and Victims, and How They Can’t Be Used

Abstract

This chapter identifies the focal party involved in the phenomenon—the perpetrator. It explores the pertinent dimensions that define their decision making. It goes beyond the ‘bad apples’ categorization, to explore the possible sources of the badness and the alarming probability that these perpetrators tend to be upwardly mobile. It also argues that even with the possible identification of such apples, the phenomenon cannot be eliminated.