Resitance Vs non-resistance

There's little more that I could say to Dr Helen's post comparing these two beauty salon robberies:

http://drhelen.blogspot.com/2007/08/non-resistance-in-face-of-violence-is.html

but I will anyway. :)

One group of ladies gets severely beaten after following the advice of "give them what they want", a meme pushed by various police and the Brady Campaign heavily during the crime ridden eighties. Another group of ladies, already at risk while being robbed, take control of the situation and beat the living snot out of the guy trying to rob them. Some police still discourage these actions because they "may get hurt". Hate to tell them, the only thing non-resistance encourages is more crime.

Let's look at the mindset of the criminal. By definition, these are not the most moral or socially endearing individuals. They are going to go after the easy targets. A "challenge" is not what the average criminal is looking for. I'm sure they laugh their asses off and cheer any time they see some officer or other authority telling people to jump up and down or not to resist at all . That's exactly what they want. It worked so well for so many years, didn't it? Now, after a while, just like anything else, this gets boring. Their street cred doesn't get very high just robbing people who don't resist and, once again, these aren't the most moral individuals. Passivity breeds contempt. They're going to start hurting people just out of spite, just like the scum who slash up a nice car after breaking into it to steal the radio. They don't want anyone else to have anything nice or be happy. They get a kick out of knowing someone will be afraid of them and looking over their shoulders all the time.

The logic behind "non-resistance" is that we are supposed to trust a person who has already shown they cannot live w/i the basic tenets of society (ie not stealing) to NOT HURT US OR OUR FAMILY. Does that make any sense?

Returning to the original two cases, which of the criminals do you think will be more likely to hit another beauty salon, the one who spends (most likely) some more time in jail or the one who spends some more time in jail after getting out of the hospital?