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Why did they do it?

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Killing the beloved : homicide between adult sexual intimates
Patricia Weiser Easteal
ISBN 0 642 19305 3
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 1993
(Australian studies in law, crime and justice)

Abstract

Motives for homicides between adult sexual intimates are explored in this chapter. Contributing factors to the homicides include prior physical violence; use of alcohol and other drugs; jealousy; separation; psychiatric illness; physical illness. The statistics and case histories presented indicate that no one simple cause and effect formula can be found, and there is no simple solution to these violent crimes.