February 14^th 这一天是用来反思爱情的吗. It’s a day to show our significant others how much we care. And it is a day to look back and count just how many crimes were spurred by love, passion, 还有上一年的痴迷.  情人节快乐.

Anyone sitting down to watch Dateline knows that they are about to spend an hour waiting to find out that the guilty party is, in fact, the spouse.  For some reason, we are more likely to hurt those we love.

“Love makes us do crazy things and lose our mind a little bit; and to some nothing in the world is as important as passion. 有些人愿意牺牲一切, 包括他们的道德, 去体验那种激情,” says Dr. 罗纳德·斯托尔伯格，其中之一 Alliant他是犯罪心理学方面的顶尖专家.

Although the prevailing fear is that we might be attacked by a stranger, we are far more likely to be victims of someone we know.

“尤其是在好莱坞, we see lots of media coverage on celebrity stalkers, but the most dangerous kind of stalker is the one who knows, 而且很可能之前和, the victim,” says Dr. 黛布拉·格拉泽，大学教授 加州法医研究学院 阿连特大学洛杉矶校区.

If there is one lesson to be learned from examining the statistics of crimes of passion, 就是睁着一只眼睛睡觉, even on February 14^th.

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Cielo Villasenor is Alliant’s Communications Manager and sleeps with her door locked.

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