Child Sacrifice

Child sacrifice is the ritualistic killing of children in order to please, propitiate or force a god or supernatural beings in order to achieve a desired result. As such, it is a form of human sacrifice.

Homicide
Murder
Note: Varies by jurisdiction Assassination Child murder Consensual homicide Contract killing Felony murder rule Honor killing Human sacrifice (Child) Lust murder Lynching Mass murder Murder–suicide Proxy murder Pseudocommando Lonely hearts killer Serial killer Spree killer Torture murder Feticide Double murder Misdemeanor murder Crime of passion Internet homicide Depraved-heart murder
Manslaughter
in English law Negligent homicide Vehicular homicide
Non-criminal homicide
Note: Varies by jurisdiction Justifiable homicide Capital punishment Human sacrifice Feticide Medicide War
By victim or victims
Suicide
Family
Familicide Avunculicide Prolicide (Filicide, Infanticide, Neonaticide) Fratricide Sororicide Mariticide Uxoricide Parricide (Matricide, Patricide)
Other
Friendly fire Genocide Democide Gendercide Omnicide Regicide Tyrannicide Pseudocide Deicide

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