A thinking error. Criminal Pride is having pride in one’s morally criminal acts. Also, you think you are better than anyone else even when this is clearly not the case. Criminal Pride preserves your rigid self-image as a powerful, totally self-determined person. “If I bend, I break”, sums up the thinking of risking everything for a small issue. Threats of consequences may mean nothing to you when you see yourself as having to choose between compromising (backing down) or maintaining your Criminal Pride.
