As world homicide rate declines, killings rise in Latin America, Caribbean

December 18th, 2014 -

GENEVA — Since the beginning of the 21st century, the homicide rate worldwide has dropped by double digits, except in the Caribbean and Latin America, where it’s more than four times above the global average, a new U.N. report shows. Overall, homicide rates decreased by 16 percent globally from 2000 to 2012, according to the report,…