Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The largest category of murder is that involving a conflict or confrontation between non-intimates.
2. While not exclusively the province of men, confrontational homicide is overwhelmingly synonymous with men reacting to perceived slights, threats to honor, or encroachment on something that one or both view as theirs.
3. Confrontational homicide in the U.S. is not in the top three types of murder.
4. Male–male homicides by juveniles or adults are often triggered by seemingly insignificant events.
5. Victim precipitation and victim blaming are the same.


1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. False

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