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'''2. The relevance of homicide'''
'''2. The relevance of homicide'''
500,000 homicides might seem little compared with more than 7 billion inhabitants of the earth. But 500,000 are 500,000. That is quite a bit more than all of the world's inhabitants in the middle of the 14th century. In 1350, there lived an estimated 370 million people on earth. Not more, all together. 500,000 homicides is more than all the people that lived on earth some 700 years ago.
500,000 homicides might seem little compared with more than 7 billion inhabitants of the earth. But 500,000 are 500,000. But: homicide is a different kind of death. To die from a disease is something else than dying from the aggression of another human. As the UNODC states:  
 
Also, homicide is a different kind of death. To die from a disease is something else than dying from the aggression of another human. As the UNODC states:  
:"The study of intentional homicide is relevant not only because it is the study of the ultimate crime, whose ripple effect - efeito cascata - goes far beyond the initial loss of human life, but because lethal violence can create a climate of fear and uncertainty. Intentional homicide also victimizes the family and community of the victim, who can be considered secondary victims, and when justice is not served, impunity can lead to further victimization in the form of the denial of the basic human right to justice." (UNODC)
:"The study of intentional homicide is relevant not only because it is the study of the ultimate crime, whose ripple effect - efeito cascata - goes far beyond the initial loss of human life, but because lethal violence can create a climate of fear and uncertainty. Intentional homicide also victimizes the family and community of the victim, who can be considered secondary victims, and when justice is not served, impunity can lead to further victimization in the form of the denial of the basic human right to justice." (UNODC)


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