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According to official data from the Mortality Information System (SIM) of the Ministry of Health, the number of deaths caused by homicides in the State of Rio de Janeiro has declined between 2006 and 2009, from 7,099 to 5,064, which implies a decrease of 28.7% in the period. However, as we argue...
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The prohibition of certain psychoactive drugs and the consequent police repression result in thousands of deaths from violent actions in Brazil each year. In this work, we quantify the magnitude of this problem based on some economic and public health indicators. Taking 2017 as a reference, we...
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In this article we develop a theoretical model to explain the homicide rate in any given place and construct a Bayesian model with a spatial structure to test the hypotheses. We assume that in his quest for self-fulfilment the individual, when taking the decision to perpetrate violence, not only...
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cada Unidade da Federação (UF) brasileira, considerando os óbitos que foram erroneamente classificados como “causa indeterminada”.Para tanto, foram analisadas as características socioeconômicas e situacionais associadas a cada uma das quase 1,9 milhão de mortes violentas, ocorridas no...
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Segundo os dados oficiais do Sistema de Informação sobre Mortalidade (SIM), do Ministério da Saúde (MS), o número de óbitos ocasionados por agressões de terceiros (homicídios) no Estado do Rio de Janeiro diminuiu, nos últimos anos, de 7.099, em 2006, para 5.064, em 2009, o que implica...
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A superação da violência doméstica é um dos grandes desafios das políticas públicas no Brasil. A Lei no 11.340, conhecida como Lei Maria da Penha (LMP), sancionada em 2006, representou um marco institucional importante nesse caminho, pois procurou tratar de forma integral o problema da...
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We report two results. First, we evaluate the impact of a nationwide anti-firearm legislation passedby the Brazilian Congress in December 2003 (Estatuto do Desarmamento, henceforth ED). Our identificationstrategy hinges on the hypothesis that the law had stronger impact in places where gun...
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