A Study of Socio-Psychological and Economic Factors Affecting Murder in Haryana
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1990
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Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar
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The dilemma of violent crime including that of murder has baffled especially the underdeveloped and the developed societies of the world. The phenomenon
of murder (criminal homicide) is of heinous nature its incidence is qiite widespread but its understanding is limited and rare. With the growth of civilization;
there has been a corresponding increase in the rates of crime and murder. Since the dawn of the history man has engaged himself in offering explanations of the
increasing rates of crime and murder in the society. The controversy as to the underlying factor is still raging without any universally acceptable explanation
in sight. As a part of the explanation, the primitive societies believed the act to be the result of evil spirits and demons and the guilt and innocence were
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Rural Sociology