Phase 3 Individual Project Introduction to Criminal Profiling PSYC436-15-4B-01 Instructor Walter Clement Colorado Technical University Online December 8, 2015 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOMICIDE Topics of discussion What is Domestic Violence Homicide? Facts about Domestic Violence Homicide What is the motive or drives a person to do such an event? Biological, environmental, and sociological factors What events lead up to Domestic Violence Homicide? Key risk factors Domestic violence homicide scenario of “YOUR EXAMPLE HERE” Present evidence of Motive, Opportunity, and Means (MOM) Present evidence of signature behavior Presence of X-Factors Prevention of Domestic Violence Assessment questions Understanding warning signs Victim Resources What is Domestic Violence Homicide? Definition: “Domestic violence homicides occur when a person murders their current or former intimate partner and/or their children. A domestic violence homicide includes the murder of third parties. Examples include the murder of relatives of the person’s former or current intimate partner, someone attempting to protect their current or former intimate partner, or the current intimate partner of the person’s ex-partner. Domestic violence homicides include acts of self-defense against an abusive partner (NCCADV, 2015).” Facts about Domestic Violence Homicide What is the motive or drives a person to do such an event? “The interplay between heredity, biology, and the social environment provides the nexus for any realistic consideration of crime causation (Schmalleger, 2010).” Biological Genetic makeup Hereditary illnesses a penchant for crime may be inherited Physiology How the nervous system, including brain functions and hormones. Includes how the body acts, reacts, understanding cause and consequence, reflect emotions. Environmental How a person was raised during childhood. Were they abused, neglected, stable? Dual or single parent household, foster care, relatives. Sociological How well does the person interact with others? Who do they associate with? Facts about Domestic Violence Homicide What events lead up to A Domestic Violence Homicide? Homicides occur and are preceded by a “history and pattern of domestic violence” Abuse develops and escalates slowly over time Includes verbal, physical, sexual, and mental abuse to include but not limited to: Hyper-controlling behavior, pathological jealousy, manipulation, situational rage, sexual assault in spite What causes escalation? When law enforcement or equivalent officials fail to respond adequately, the victim(s) is/are left in greater danger than before they called out for help. The perpetrator(s) is/are emboldened while the victim feels exposed and weakened. Therefore, the violence escalates. “Most domestic violence homicides you'll find that the path leading up to his/her death was paved with repeated and gross failures of law enforcement officials to do their jobs (WJC, 2010).” RISK FACTORS KEY RISK FACTORS Increa.

1. Phase 3 Individual Project
Introduction to Criminal Profiling
PSYC436-15-4B-01
Instructor Walter Clement
Colorado Technical University Online
December 8, 2015
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOMICIDE
Topics of discussion
What is Domestic Violence Homicide?
Facts about Domestic Violence Homicide
What is the motive or drives a person to do such an event?
Biological, environmental, and sociological factors
What events lead up to Domestic Violence Homicide?
Key risk factors
Domestic violence homicide scenario of “YOUR EXAMPLE
HERE”
Present evidence of Motive, Opportunity, and Means (MOM)
Present evidence of signature behavior
Presence of X-Factors
Prevention of Domestic Violence
Assessment questions
Understanding warning signs
Victim Resources
What is Domestic Violence Homicide?
Definition:
“Domestic violence homicides occur when a person murders
their current or former intimate partner and/or their children. A
domestic violence homicide includes the murder of third parties.

2. Examples include the murder of relatives of the person’s former
or current intimate partner, someone attempting to protect their
current or former intimate partner, or the current intimate
partner of the person’s ex-partner. Domestic violence homicides
include acts of self-defense against an abusive partner
(NCCADV, 2015).”
Facts about Domestic Violence Homicide
What is the motive or drives a person to do such an event?
“The interplay between heredity, biology, and the social
environment provides the nexus for any realistic consideration
of crime causation (Schmalleger, 2010).”
Biological
Genetic makeup
Hereditary illnesses
a penchant for crime may be inherited
Physiology
How the nervous system, including brain functions and
hormones.
Includes how the body acts, reacts, understanding cause and
consequence, reflect emotions.
Environmental
How a person was raised during childhood.
Were they abused, neglected, stable?
Dual or single parent household, foster care, relatives.
Sociological
How well does the person interact with others?
Who do they associate with?
Facts about Domestic Violence Homicide
What events lead up to A Domestic Violence Homicide?
Homicides occur and are preceded by a “history and pattern of

3. domestic violence”
Abuse develops and escalates slowly over time
Includes verbal, physical, sexual, and mental abuse to include
but not limited to:
Hyper-controlling behavior, pathological jealousy,
manipulation, situational rage, sexual assault in spite
What causes escalation?
When law enforcement or equivalent officials fail to respond
adequately, the victim(s) is/are left in greater danger than
before they called out for help. The perpetrator(s) is/are
emboldened while the victim feels exposed and weakened.
Therefore, the violence escalates.
“Most domestic violence homicides you'll find that the path
leading up to his/her death was paved with repeated and gross
failures of law enforcement officials to do their jobs (WJC,
2010).”
RISK FACTORS
KEY RISK FACTORS
Increasing frequency or severity of attacks
Threats to kill self or others
Strangulation
Alcohol
Drug abuse
Job loss/Unemployed
Child not blood related
Stalking/Spying
Living arrangement/detachment/separation
Infidelity
HIGH RISK FACTORS
Weapons used in lieu of physical harm:
Firearms- legal and illegally obtained
Kitchenware- such as knives, skewers
Tools- Saws, screwdriver; anything sharp

4. Deliberate poisoning
Improvised weapons- objects grabbed within reach to strike
person
Breaking a wine or beer bottle and using it to kill victim
Grabbing a brick or rock and striking the head of victim
Using scissors, pens