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Murder and society: why commit murder? Peter Morrall looks at how the phenomenon of murder varies in motivation, cause, definition and consequences according to global situations and societal values. T he official global murder rate per annum is rising toward one million (Morrall, 2006). But there is no universal, cross-cultural meaning of ...
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