In control : dangerous relationships and how they end in murder / Jane Monckton-Smith.

Prologue: The homicide timeline -- Introduction: The 'crime of passion' myth -- Stage One: A history of control or stalking -- Stage Two: The commitment whirlwind -- Stage Three: Living with control -- Stage Four: Trigger -- Stage Five: Escalation -- Stage Six: A change in thinking -- Stage Seven: Planning -- Stage Eight: Homicide and/or suicide -- After homicide -- Epilogue: A final word.

Domestic homicide is a pandemic so pervasive that the soaring figures cause weary resignation rather than alarm. For thirty years, Professor Jane Monckton Smith has been fighting to change this. A former police officer and internationally renowned professor of public protection, she lectures on sexualised and fatal violence; works with families bereaved through homicide: and trains police and other professionals on how to best handle cases involving coercive control, domestic abuse, and stalking.