Pack Mentality

Pack Mentality refers to the tendency of a group of individuals to act together without planned direction. The instance can be motivated by lust, fear, anxiety, or any other emotion. In the criminal sense, a "pack" can be prone to extreme violence, which is perpetrated for the sheer thrill of it. Rioting, violent protests, and gang wars are examples of the negative aspects of pack mentality.

Criminal Minds
Turner's Group acted with a pack mentality in their murders, going into a frenzy during their crimes. There are other examples of this behavior during riot scenes in various episodes, demonstrating both the negative and positive aspects of pack mentality. For example, when a group of Mexican women captured and castrated Pablo Vargas, their actions, while technically negative, were motivated by a protective and vengeful pack mentality.