Module Two Assignmentsouthern New Hampshire Universitycj 340

Module Two AssignmentSouthern New Hampshire UniversityCJ 340 01:56:40 GMT -05:00Murder is defined by the National Incident Based Reporting System as “The willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another” (NIBRS, 2012). Murder can be classified into several different categories based on motive. It has been found that murderers often have biological and psychological issues that lead to sociopathy and psychopathy. It has been found that murderers do not always have a relationship with their victims rather the motive helps to connect whether a relationship will be present, such as family member, friend, or neighbor, or if it is a crime of opportunity and the victim is a stranger to the offender. Murderers can also be found in gang members where a motive to murder is thought to benefit the gang. Murderers tend to fall under multiple classifications of NIBRS as the offender type is classified by motive, which may not always be concise to one category. The sociological perspective of murder can be explained by the rational choice perspective. The rational choice perspective assumes, “that people make these decisions with a goal in mind and that they are made more or less intelligently and with free