"Ixhoba" lixabiso lokuqala lenkcubeko yaseNtshona. Ngelo xesha, ixhoba liyinxalenye yobomi bethu bemihla ngemihla ngokusebenzisa amajelo kunye neengxoxo zethu xa iindaba ezibuhlungu zicela umngeni kwaye ziphazamisa iziqinisekiso zethu. Noko ke, indlela yayo yenzululwazi yakutshanje ngokwentelekiso. Le khosi ye-intanethi imema abathathi-nxaxheba ukuba babeke umbono "wexhoba" ngokwembono ngokusebenzisa igalelo lethiyori kunye nesayensi. Le khosi iphakamisa, okokuqala, ukuhlalutya ngokwendlela yentlalo-yembali iikhonto zengqiqo yexhoba echaza imbono esinayo ngayo namhlanje. Okwesibini, le khosi ijongana neentlobo ezahlukeneyo zokuxhatshazwa ngokwembono yolwaphulo-mthetho kunye ne-psycho-medico-legal, umba wokwenzakala ngokwasengqondweni kunye neziko kunye neendlela zonyango eziza kunceda amaxhoba.
Inika uhlalutyo oluneenkcukacha zeengqikelelo kunye neengcinga eziphambili ze-xhobaology. Ikwalithuba lokuqonda iindlela zoncedo kumaxhoba amiselwe kumazwe athetha isiFrentshi (iBelgian, isiFrentshi, iSwitzerland kunye neCanada).
