Be vigilant to avoid an early grave – Criminologist warns couples about increasing spousal killing
Jones Opoku Ware, a criminologist has urged couples to be mindful of the behaviours of their spouses as the number of cases of spousal killings in the country is rising.
These murder crimes are not an event but a process. Before someone commits murder, he or she goes through a number of thought processes.
“When you are with someone, it is important that you study the person’s behaviour. Before a crime is committed, there are so many considerations and thoughts before such crimes are committed.
“And normally, as the person begins to calculate such thoughts, his or her behaviour changes. So when you are vigilant, you can pick the signals even before that person acts” he said.
Since the beginning of the year, the number of spousal killings reported in the media shows the rise and care must be taken to avoid it.
Spousal killing is the intentional killing of one’s partner either by the husband or wife, boyfriend or girlfriend, or any other intimate relations.
Data from the Statistics Research and Monitoring Unit (SRMU) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service indicates that some 306 murder cases have been reported to the Police from January 1 to June 30 this year.
Based on the statistics, Mr Ware said there are signals to pick in order to be on guard and avoid being a victim.
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“There are signals to look out for in people you live with. Some of the signals are that such people, all of a sudden begin to be moody, others also keep mute and start staring at you strangely, others also decide to be cheeky all of a sudden and always try to pick a fight,” he cautioned.
He emphasized that the above signals are very important in order for persons to stay away from such acts that may lead them to their early graves.
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