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
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