streetwise

[Mortblanc]

The gangster will have the advantage if he remains in the urban setting. Once he leaves the concrete and streetlights his advantage diminishes greatly.

The "mind set" of a criminal makes them predatory as long as the prey is helpless. If the "prey" is alert and armed or in sufficient numbers his advantage dissolves completely.

I see this daily and dealt with it in my career for 35 years.

In the urban setting criminals view the law as their protection. Normal people will not resist them violently because they fear the consequence of the law, when the criminal has no fear of the law. When the criminal finds that there is no fear of legal consequence, for self defense, in their prey they find a new hunting ground.