Research On The Motives For Homicide

Piyush Jain, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law Punjab & Priyanka Pareek, College of Law and Governance, Mody University

ABSTRACT

Homicide is regarded as one of the most serious crimes in all society. There is no general, cross-cultural definition of homicide that can be used in every setting, regardless of who the victims and killers are. In common parlance, murder refers to the purposeful or unintentional death of one human being by another. The same can be performed based on earlier resolve, determination of can also be a result of stimuli, or owing to some mental state. When an act is conducted on purpose, the perpetrator or their collaborators may present a variety of justifications as to what motivated them. The motivation for a homicide may be seen from a variety of viewpoints, including psychological, legal, and investigative, and is frequently centred on the offender's motives for committing the crime. Criminologists and psychologists all over the world have attempted to determine what goes through an individual's mind before committing violent crimes such as homicide, what factors influence his decision, or, in other words, what motivates him to kill; these studies are not only necessary to understand criminal psychology, but also to provide ways to prevent such violent crimes. This article aims to analyse what factors influence an individual to take a decision as drastic as killing a human being, it also studies various theories of both criminology and psychology to have a better understanding on aspects of human mind and behavior that motivate him to commit homicide.

Keywords: Crime, Homicide, Intention, Motive, Criminology.