After reading the chapter, all I can say is that the world is really strange - maybe gone crazy. First of all, it is quite disturbing to think that love might actually be the key to murder – that “love” itself might be the very root of the motives for murder. Every time I see news about intimate or family homicides on television, it impresses me and makes me wonder how they could have committed such a thing. But whatever it is, I have observed that some do it to hide an affair from the spouse, some are for money, others for authority (certain family status) and some are just to attract lover. 'attention. This usually happens between couples. Intimate partner homicide typically involves a man killing his female partner, often after a long and escalating pattern of violence against the woman. When women kill male partners, they usually do so in self-defense, although such defense cannot be considered as such in a court of law. However, deaths attributable to domestic violence extend far beyond murders between intimate partners. Family members who are not intimate partners also kill each other in what are called “domestic homicides.” Fathers kill their children, mothers kill their children, children kill their parents, brothers kill their sisters, etc. Sometimes men kill other men because of a woman for whom they are in sexual competition. These “murders of sexual competitors” are much less numerous than homicides between intimate or family partners. In some cases, however, as in the case of Scott Peterson, we can see that there is a tendency to shirk responsibility (i.e. paternity) and run off with someone d 'other. Sometimes we can't even expect homicide to happen in such a "happy" marriage, because it seems completely normal. Speaking of which, there was a time when I had this conversation with a friend about marriage and she simply said to me: "Sometimes I pity those who get married, because I see that most of them they simply stay married out of commitment but never out of love. » It's really ironic, but I admit that it's true in some cases, since we see them happening in real life now. I'm not saying that every marriage or relationship would end like this, but you never know what will happen because anything is possible. Some perpetrators, when they realize their actions, also commit suicide. Far more Americans die by suicide than by homicide. Most of these suicides involve male victims, some of whom kill their...... middle of paper ......ed. The same could be said of homeless women who die on the streets, since about half of homeless women report “running from abuse” as the reason for their homelessness. Similarly, prostitutes experienced enormous amounts of interpersonal violence from male intimates, family members, and clients. Sometimes people are downright unpredictable. And society itself may well be a thorn in our side. After reading the chapter, I don't know what to think or even say about it, because at one point it seems impossible. Without the book, I wouldn't even discover that there was such a thing as an "intimate" murder. But the more I read, the more I realize there are even deeper questions. I noticed that in murders, you can't really identify motives in general. Each one has an individual pattern and it is very complex. We can't even tell if the suspect is crazy or suffering from a psychological imbalance. I have..