Homicide

Homicide is the act of one human killing another. A homicide requires only a volitional act by another person that results in death, and thus a homicide may result from accidental, reckless, or negligent acts even if there is no intent to cause harm. Homicides can be divided into many overlapping legal categories, including murder, manslaughter, justifiable homicide, killing in war (either following the laws of war or as a war crime), euthanasia, and capital punishment, depending on the circumstances of the death. These different types of homicides are often treated very differently in human societies; some are considered crimes, …

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EU: European Union · 2 May 2024 English

Gender equality is a core EU value under the Treaties, with the EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 delivering on the von der Leyen Commission’s commitment to achieving a Union of …

In addition, the law also defines gender-based homicide (when the victim is a transgender man, for example)


EU: European Union · 30 April 2024 English

law of all Member States includes provisions on homicide, either committed intentionally or with serious



UN: The United Nations · 29 April 2024 English

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reintegration programmes for offenders, the annual homicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants had fallen to 31 Marcos Pineda, the defendant had been charged with homicide but had later been acquitted. 34. As one of


AEI: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · 26 April 2024 English

Abstract Equally educated people are healthier if they live in more educated places. Every 10 percent point increase in an area’s share of adults with a college degree is associated …

total, external factors such as pollution and homicide rates explain a small share of the relationship


Pew Research Center · 24 April 2024 English

Federal statistics show dramatic declines in U.S. violent and property crime rates since the early 1990s.

of the time. Among violent crimes – excluding homicide, which BJS doesn’t track – robbery was the most most frequently solved violent crime tends to be homicide. Police cleared around half of murders and nonnegligent


RAND Corporation · 22 April 2024 English

In this report, the authors explore challenges in studying racial bias in police shootings of civilians. They discuss the importance of thinking about bias as a process and its implications …

Fatal and non-fatal 2019–present FBI Supplemental Homicide Reports Voluntary reports by LEAs Fatal only 1976–2020 participation and reporting. The FBI’s Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHR) database has compiled informa- Reporting System, Vital Statistics, and Supplementary Homicide Reports,” American Journal of Public Health, York City Police Department SHR Supplementary Homicide Reports RR-A243-8 RAND is a research organization


EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 22 April 2024 English

cocaine supplies. There has been a dramatic security deterioration, particularly in Ecuador, where the homicide rate rose from 13.7 per 100 000 people in 2021 to about 45 in 2023, placing Ecuador among the top

deterioration, particularly in Ecuador, where the homicide rate rose from 13.7 per 100 000 people in 2021 Study on Homicide prepared by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the homicide rate in This is almost three times higher than the global homicide rate (5.8). Organised crime-related homicides homicides in the Americas. In comparison, the average homicide rate in the EU is about 0.66 % per 100 000 inhabitants narco-criminal gang violence in recent years. Ecuador's homicide rate rose from 13.7 per 100 000 people in 2021


UN: The United Nations · 19 April 2024 English

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had opened an investigation into the aggravated homicide of Joaquín Mora, Javier Campos Morales and Pedro


Cato Institute · 19 April 2024 English

Since late 2020, Border Patrol along the United States-Mexico border has encountered over 6.9 million illegal crossers. A recent Pew Research survey reveals that 57 percent of respondents consider "dealing …

5.5 hours they spend on the threat of regular homicide. However, Republicans on the House Subcommittee


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