Information for this study was gathered from police dockets. Two major drawbacks hampered the data collection. First, a number of murder dockets were incomplete. Second, there is an official distinction between so-called political murders and criminal murders; dockets researched for this report covered only criminal murders. The majority of the victims were male (86 percent); 69 percent were between ages 21 and 40; 70 percent were single; and 27 percent were unemployed. In only 2 percent of the cases studied was the murder committed by a female; 74 percent of the perpetrators were between ages 21 and 40; most were unmarried and one-third were unemployed; 40 percent had a criminal record, with just under half of previous convictions being for crimes against the person. The article presents a profile of the crime situation in terms of the relationship between the victim and offender prior to the murder; the motive for the murder; the role of alcohol; and the weapon and methods used to commit the murder. The article also suggests components for prevention strategies. References