Abstract
Violence is associated with intentionality, constituting a predictable offense, and psychology has an important responsibility in prevention, being violence understood as a set of individual, social, economic and cultural events that have historically accompanied humanity. This study examined the magnitude and trend of mortality from homicides in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, from 2009 to 2014. Deaths by homicide were obtained from the System Information Officers of the Social Defense Secretariat of Pernambuco. We used the exploratory ecological model of the time series type. In the period, there were 20,891 deaths from homicides in Pernambuco; about 56.1% of them occurred in the group 15-29 years of age; there was difference in the risk of mortality by sex and age group. Regarding the theme of restorative justice, being new and not having originally been a model created in the Brazilian scenario, is still difficult to assess possible outcomes and impacts. Specific actions must turn mainly to the population of adolescents and young adults, since these groups have maintained high levels of homicide mortality in the state. The need for effective public policies to prevent violence is highlighted.
Homicide; Violence; Restorative Justice; Socio-education