Sergeant Fabio Jose Cavalcante, 39, was shot and killed during an attempted armed robbery in Sao Joao de Meriti, in the metropolitan area of the capital Rio de Janeiro, according to online daily Extra. His death brings the homicide rate among both working and off-duty state police officers ...
Brazil had 63,895 homicides in 2017, by far the biggest national total in the world, and an increase of about 50 per cent in two decades. The homicide rate, at 30.8 per 100,000 people, is five times the global
Rio de Janeiro in Brazil provides an example of the problems involved in measuringamp;nbsp;the homicide rate in a developing country, including the lack of proper crime reporting and the use of separate categories to reduce the number of homicidesamp;nbsp;in official crime reports. Using ...
Other problems such as the high level of homicide, thefts and the dominance of criminal groups over some territories are pointed out as negatively impacting public safety [16]. Urban mobility issues (i.e., how to make a person transition from the car to public transport) [17], and the ...