What is Crime in Brazil?
[[File:Palioviatura pmesp.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Police car]]s of the [[Polícia Militar do Estado de São Paulo|São Paulo state police]].]] [[File:Detencao.jpg|thumb|250px|Detention in [[Brasília]].]] [[File:Murder Rio.JPG|thumb|A [[homicide]] victim in [[Rio de Janeiro]]. About 5.2000 people are murdered annually in Brazil.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cartacapital.com.br/sociedade/homicidios-no-brasil-%E2%80%93-da-punicao-a-prevencao |title=Homicídios no Brasil – da punição à prevenção |lang=pt |publisher=cartacapital.com.br |date= 2011-08-23|access-date=2011-08-11}}</ref>]] [[File:9ª Delegacia do Rio.jpg|thumb|250px|Police station of the [[Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State|Rio de Janeiro state police]].]] '''Crime in Brazil''' has had an increase in violent and non-violent [[crime]]s.<ref>[http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-1810.html Crime in Brazil]</ref> According to most sources, [[Brazil]] has high rates of [[violent crime]]s, such as [[murders]] and [[robberies]]. The [[homicide]] rate was getting smaller, but has started going back up from 2006 onwards. In 2010 it was above 25 homicides per 100,000 people. This makes is one of the 20 worst rates in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tabnet.datasus.gov.br/cgi/deftohtm.exe?sim/cnv/ext10br.def |title=Óbitos por Causas Externas 1996 a 2010 |access-date=2012-06-05 |publisher=DATASUS |language=pt}}</ref> == Overview == [[Kidnapping]]s do still happen. Increased police [[know-how]] has helped the problem. [[Prostitution]] ''per se'' is not a crime in Brazil, unlike [[procuring (prostitution)|procuring]]. The [[Government of Brazil]] has increased efforts to combat [[child prostitution]] and [[sex tourism]]. In 2010, there were 473,600 people in Brazilian prisons and jails.<ref>[http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Brasil/0,,MUL1500012-5598,00-GOVERNO+LANCA+ESTRATEGIA+PARA+DESARTICULAR+ORGANIZACOES+CRIMINOSAS.html Number of people incarcerated in Brazil - 2010]</ref> Drugs are responsible for 85,000 of the total.<ref>[http://jornalnacional.globo.com/Telejornai