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Within Vinony's link graph, homicide is referenced by 2,216 other articles, and connects out to crime, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and United States.

Vinony files it under Causes of death, Citation overkill and Crimes.

Its subject is documented across 62 Wikipedia language editions.

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
criminal attempt
Image
Charlotte Corday.jpg
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different from
murder
topic's main category
Category:Homicide
Wikidata usage instructions
死亡状況(P1196)の値として使用
time of earliest written record
1752-00-00
has effect
death
Commons category
Homicide statistics
has cause
violence
described by source
Pauly–Wissowa
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • Criminality
  • Murder
  • Preterintentional killing
  • Manslaughter
  • Lawful excuse
  • By state actors
  • Rates
  • Global
  • Historic European
  • United States
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|Cain Slays [[Abel by Gustave Doré]]

Homicide is an act in which a person causes the death of another person. A homicide requires only a volitional act, or an omission, that causes the death of another, and thus a homicide may result from accidental, reckless, or negligent acts even if there is no intent to cause harm.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “homicide” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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