Homicide without External Marks of Violence

A Scenario of Masculine Violence: Confrontational Homicide

Natural Interaction without Marks

In this paper we present a natural interaction system that simulates an interactive mirror behavior where a subject or object can appreciate in real time the effects of external agents over themselves and the causes or actions that trigger these effects. It is a low cost system and easy to use, personalize and configure, which makes it extensible to different operating sectors, especially on th...

Aggressiveness, violence, homicidality, homicide, and Lyme disease

Background No study has previously analyzed aggressiveness, homicide, and Lyme disease (LD). Materials and methods Retrospective LD chart reviews analyzed aggressiveness, compared 50 homicidal with 50 non-homicidal patients, and analyzed homicides. Results Most aggression with LD was impulsive, sometimes provoked by intrusive symptoms, sensory stimulation or frustration and was invariably b...

Evolutionary Perspectives on Violence, Homicide, and War

We review and discuss the evolutionary psychological literature on violence, homicide, and war in humans and nonhumans, and in doing so we argue that an evolutionary perspective can substantially enhance our understanding of these behaviors. We provide a brief primer on evolutionary psychology, describing basic tenets of the field. The theories of sexual selection and parental investment are ex...

Global estimates of homicide risk related to intimate partner violence.