... have staggering results. In the last three decades, Brazil's crime rates have more than doubled in a number of different crimes. The intentional homicide rate went from 11.7 in 1980, to 25.2 in 2012 per 100,000 population compared to the global homicide rate of just 6.2; it peaked in 2003 however with a ... recorded homicide rate of 28.9 according to the Department of Public Health Information (DATASUS). The sexual violence rate per 100,000 population is similar, being 23.03 in 2011. Sexual violence means rapes and sexual assaults of men and women, including those against children as we...

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