Socioeconomic profile of victims of homicides registered in belém-p
International Journal of Development Research
Socioeconomic profile of victims of homicides registered in belém-p
Received 19th August, 2018; Received in revised form 08th September, 2018; Accepted 18th October, 2018; Published online 28th November, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Isabella Fonseca Torres VILAÇA. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The present study aims to define the socioeconomic profile of victims of homicide to understand some determinant aspects of their deaths. For such purpose, we used the descriptive analysis technique. The socioeconomic data of the victims were obtained from the Legal Medical Institute of the Center of Scientific Expertise “Renato Chaves”, located in Belém-PA, from 2011 to 2013. The results identified conditions of socioeconomic vulnerability.
