Homicide

This article is about homicide, the killing of a human being. There is another article about the television series Homicide: Life on the Street.



Violent Crime:
Homicide
Murder
Manslaughter
Terrorism
Assassination
Drive-by shooting
Assault
Battery
Rape
Industrial manslaughter
Domestic abuse

Property Destruction Crime:
Vandalism
Ramraiding
Poaching

Nonviolent Crime:
Larceny
Theft
Burglary
Robbery
Embezzlement
Treason
Intimidation
Organized crime
Extortion

Crimes Against Humanity:
Ethnic cleansing
Genocide
War crime
Torture

Types of Criminal:
Gangster
Hitman

Related Topics:
International law
Capital punishment
Criminology
Penology



Homicide is the killing of another human being by one or more others. In contrast, suicide is the self killing of a human being.

Legally homicide is classified as either justifiable homicide which is not a crime, or the following crimes:

Defenses against homicide, where the identity of the killer is not in dispute, include insanity and self-defense. Defense of property is not per se a defense against homicide, although a homicide where self-defense became necessary as a result of undertaking defense of property may be justifiable homicide.


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