Mick Philpot was a manipulator who controlled his partners through violence, threats, and isolation.

“he was manipulative and controlling of Kim and if he didn't get his own way at any point during this relationship he would get violent or at the very least he would threaten violence to scare her into submission”

Dr. Phil argues that individuals must take personal responsibility for their criminal actions rather than blaming external circumstances.

“You're not a victim here. You're a perpetrator. Clearly, you have been damaged somehow someway along the way psychologically. I don't make light of that. I don't mean to trivialize that. And obviously, you feel like who you really are is not enough. So, you have to become something you're not.”

He believes that the perpetrator's swift mutilation of the victim's body suggests that this was not her first time committing such a crime.

“Whoever the killer was, the swift, deep, singular slash across the victim's throat and the perpetrator's willingness to carry out a decapitation and two amputations at the dump site to prevent identification of the body signal to investigators that this was not the killer's first rodeo.”

Committing crimes becomes an emboldening cycle where the perpetrator incorrectly believes they have mastered the act.

“every time you get away with a crime you become emboldened by it so you start thinking to yourself like no I know what I'm doing I'm a professional I know what I'm doing good at this”

Engaging in criminal activity such as selling drugs while being involved in gangs is a destructive lifestyle that should be avoided.

“I just stay neutral it's not for me dude like I got bigger and better things I want to do with my life you know you could end up catching another whole another charge they're all stunt dummies anyway anybody usually joins a gang like even though I was around like a lot of buddies I grew up when all ”

Nathaniel Smith claims that as a child he engaged in illegal activities without understanding that they were criminal in nature.

“I didn't think I was really a criminal until I got arrested but looking back before I came here I was looking at my life and I was like boy second grade I stole a stopwatch so I could trade it for a pocket knife I was a thief in second grade”

Swag claims that his criminal behavior during his youth was driven by environmental conditioning, a lack of parental guidance, and a misunderstanding of his own circumstances rather than a desire to b

“every school I went to bro I got picked on and I had a little sister I didn't have a little brother so it was like I have a little sister so nobody comes to nobody comes to my rescue there's nobody that's gonna come save me if a bully comes and Bullies me or beats me up or you feel me like all of th”

Sarah Boone maintains that she did not intentionally kill her boyfriend and that the incident was not malicious.

“my intention was not to leave him in there please understand that my intention was not to leave him in there”

Steven McDaniel claims he has a pathology or neuropathy that explains his actions despite not being able to fully understand them himself.

“I know that it was very wrong. I'm not delusional or without morals or decency. Yet, I acknowledge that something in my makeup, my psychology, my neuropathy, my own particular pathology perhaps, must explain it.”