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Crime in Brazil

Police cars of the São Paulo state police.
Detention in Brasília.
A homicide victim in Rio de Janeiro. About 5.2000 people are murdered annually in Brazil.[1]
Police station of the Rio de Janeiro state police.

Crime in Brazil has had an increase in violent and non-violent crimes.[2] According to most sources, Brazil has high rates of violent crimes, such as murders and robberies. The homicide rate was getting smaller, but has started going back up from 2006 onwards. In 2010 it was above 25 homicides per 100,000 people. This makes is one of the 20 worst rates in the world.[3]

  1. ↑ "Homicídios no Brasil – da punição à prevenção" (in Portuguese). cartacapital.com.br. 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
  2. ↑ Crime in Brazil
  3. ↑ "Óbitos por Causas Externas 1996 a 2010" (in Portuguese). DATASUS. Retrieved 2012-06-05.

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