Level and Nature of Crime-China

The People's Republic of China has released very little information regarding internal criminal matters, having only released data on Intentional homicides up to 2012.

Intentional Homicide
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime defines Intentional Homicide as an "unlawful death purposefully inflicted on a person by another person. Data on intentional homicide should also include serious assault leading to death and death as a result of a terrorist attack. It should exclude attempted homicide, manslaughter, death due to legal intervention, justifiable homicide in self-defense and death due to armed conflict" (UNODC 2016 China Intentional). These numbers show that the number of intentional homicides in China in 2012 is lowest when compared to the USA and Russia.