Accused-victim relationship

1. - Family relationships

2. - Other intimate relationship

Includes the following opposite-sex and same-sex relationships: boyfriend, girlfriend, extra-marital lover, ex-boyfriend/girlfriend and other unspecified intimate relationships.

3. - Acquaintance

Includes close friends, neighbours, authority figures, business relationships, and casual acquaintances.

4. - Criminal relationship

Includes prostitutes, drug dealers and their clients, loansharks, gang members. It should be noted that some gang homicides are scored under "acquaintance".

5. - Stranger

6. - Other non-family relationship

7. - Accused-victim relationship unknown