Author/Authors :
Mirzaei Alavijeh ، Mehdi نويسنده Dept. of Health Education and Promotion, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. , , Mostafavi-Darani، Firoozeh نويسنده Department of Health Education and Promotion, Faculty of Health, Isfahan , , Ahmadpanah، Mohammad نويسنده Research Center for Behavioral Disorders and Substances Abuse, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran , , Karami-matin ، Behzad نويسنده School of Public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. , , Amoei، Mohamad Reza نويسنده Applied Research Bureau of the Police, Kermanshah, IR Iran , , Jalilian، Farzad نويسنده Hamedan Branch. Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran ,
Abstract :
Murder is considered as the worst crime in all societies. It might be accomplished suddenly based on previous resolution, effect of stimuli, or due to a mental condition. The present study aimed to determine the reasons and motivations to commit a murder from murderers’ point of view. It is a qualitative research making use of content analysis, conducting on 17 male imprisoned murderers. Participants were selected through goal based sampling to gain data saturation among prisoners in central prison of Kermanshah. Deep individual and semi-structured interviews were conducted using general questions designed as interview guide. In the meantime, personal satisfaction, information privacy, liberty to leave the study, and moral commitment of the interviews were observed. In the end, five main contents were found: collective quarrel, honor killing, emotional dissatisfaction, lack of control on anger, and burglary. It seems that prevention of collective quarrel and control on anger could be helpful to decrease the murder rate in society.
