She built a reputation for challenging widespread impunity for homicide, taking on gang members and members of the military.
There were also widespread fears that the homicide charges would hurt retention of caseworkers and result in more families being splintered.
The United States State Department, however, warns that violent crime is widespread and that the homicide rate is among the highest in the world.
In the following decade, juvenile gun homicides more than tripled, leading to widespread hysteria, promoted by sensational news reports, about a rising generation of juvenile "super-predators".
"Violent crime, such as homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery, is widespread," the updated advisory says.
Since his election as mayor of Newark, he had won widespread attention for presiding over a major decline in homicides — from a hundred and five in 2006 to sixty-seven in 2008.
The widespread shock that greeted Angeline's arrest was predictable, homicide being rare in these parts.
The astonishingly high rate of homicides in Brazil's overcrowded prisons, and allegations of widespread torture and inhumane conditions are alarming and unacceptable.
While our data indicates a widespread failure to protect women, important lessons that might prevent future homicides are left unlearned because of the way police failings are investigated.
She is accused of involvement in the "planning, direction, co-ordination and ordering of widespread purges," and was charged with crimes against humanity, genocide, homicide and torture.
Homicide is also on the up, as is the widespread use of firearms.
