Brazil Crime Rate

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The wave of crime in Brazilian cities is on the increase. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the number of murders, rape cases, and violence is approximately 21 per 100,000 inhabitants (Mehta). India has a population six times more than that of Brazil, and the crime rate is approximately 3.4 per 100, 000. Italy has a lower crime rate of 0.9 per 100, 000 residents. The Brazilian president is Dilma Rousseff, a woman, and to imagine of the stringent laws that govern against rapes is hard. Government endeavors such as Bolsa Familia have had a tremendous effect on reducing the income inequality in the country. Although the Brazilian government strives to reduce the disparities between different classes of people, the crime …show more content…

The gangs do what they please, they humiliate individuals, kill, and steal and sexually assault others. As an illustration of the lack of social justice within the favelas, there are different scenes in which a gang leader forcefully strips a woman in front of a crowd (Carlsten 2). The wrong use of authority to humiliate and sexually degrade one is unacceptable. In the Brazilian culture, women dress as they please and there are laws that govern against such gender violence. Another example of the social injustice is seen when police officers, mandated by law to guard the residents and assist in the pacifying efforts of the government kill, take bribes and steal from them. Two police officers are seen arguing on how to treat criminals. One of the officers wants to kill them while the other wants to make away with their loot. The criminals are killed by the police showing the lack of humanity by the state officers.
Sexual violence in the movie, the City of God depicts the rise in the rape cases and sexual violence in other Brazilian cities, apart from the favelas. Women in the movie portray the lack of social power. The women give the gangs a reason to engage in crime. Shorty, a gang member, kills his wife by burying her alive after he finds her with another man. The man in question however escapes, and only the wife faces the consequences. In another instance, the rape of Ned’s girlfriend instigates violence, but the act itself is shoved aside. In a just social system, the act is treated as a crime, and it is addressed

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