ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a schematic representation for some faces of risk-taking behavior consistent with the principles of process psychology articulated by R. Cattell and extended by A. Smith. It reviews that heroism and violent criminality may share remarkably similar biological roots had received some media attention and because some members of the press understood that addresses the matter of the “heroic rescue fantasy” in the general biopsychosocial model for risk-taking behavior under development. The chapter presents the heroic rescue fantasy in relation to other manifestations of risk-taking behavior predicated on the principles of process psychology that, it still regard as a work in progress. Creation of an opportunity that in fact engenders risk both for others and for the actor himself/herself constitutes the defining behavior in the heroic rescue fantasy. Among public safety officers, the authors have observed that the presence of others has often contributed to massive minimization by the heroic actor, even months and sometimes years following the event.
