Table No. 5 Homicide Rate in Iceland, Norway and Sweden from 1995 up to 2011. Source : www.unodc.org The aforesaid three countries can be identified as countries in which the lowest homicide rate in the world is reported Capital punishment is abolished in all these three countries. The fact that capital punishment is not decreed even though crimes are committed has not made any influence on the increase of crime in these countries. On the other hand according to UNDP these three countries are among the countries which reported a higher human development index in the world in the year 2013. Norway, Sweden and Iceland are ranked at the 1st, 7th and the 13th places respectively. All these three countries are situated in the Scandinavian region. However, we cannot say that the higher development prevalent in these countries has made any influence to make the crime level of these countries lower. According to the information submitted by Amnesty International 11