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Originally Posted by mintzilla
this one is interesting. at what point did it become a murder as opposed to vehicular manslaughter? people get killed everyday from idiot drivers but they dont usually get the murder charge.
i guess it probably has to do with it being intentional/ premeditated.
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It's whether or not there is intent. The man in the car specifically sought out and drove onto the sidewalk with the intent of running over and killing the victim.
Last week here, a bus driver accidentally ran over and killed a woman who was talking down the street at night in dark clothing. He was charged with unsafe driving, and fired. He didn't mean to kill her, though. That's the difference.
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Originally Posted by GernB
Is there any information on what peoples' motivaion for homicide/murder is? I for one would be interested in what causes people to kill each other. Personally speaking, I've often been very angry with people but can't conceive of any situation where I'd want to kill them. Just curious as to what the the thought process is. If any, I know many are impulsive.
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There has been tons of research into criminal behaviour and why people murder each other, just go to Google and look it up.
Most of the homicides in Canada are domestic violence related. Men just start beating on their wife and don't stop until they're dead. (Women can do the same but it's quite rare and is more often done in self defence.) In one really gruesome case from 2009, the man continued beating and raping his dead girlfriend's body for a week after she died. (This happened in an apartment building, within days everyone moved out and it has sat vacant since.) There was another homicide two years ago where an elderly man had decided he'd simply had enough of his disabled wife and shot her. Immediately after he called 911 and turned himself in.
Local police often remind us that most of our crime happens at about 500 or so "problem" addresses. This is out of 50,000 addresses in the city. If we had a better way to help women get out of abusive relationships safely, and help the men in them get their emotions under better control, we could easily cut our homicide rate in half.
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Originally Posted by GernB
Far too old to take any university course on anything. Just wanted to know something of peoples' motivations, and of any websites that might offer some easy insight. In many cases it seems to me that murderers are just incompetent sadsacks rather than malicious monsters. An offhand interest of mine if you will. Just rambling here, sorry if I offended anyone.
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You're never too old for university. If you're interested in something and you've got the money, go take a course. I am pretty sure many university lectures are open to the public as well.
There are a few members here who have taken criminology courses, you could try asking the question in the Skybar.