Concept information
Preferred term
violence
Definition
- Violence is an injurious force exerted to cause damage to people or things. Shaped by a multitude of social, political, and economic forces within families, neighborhoods, nation-states, and the broader international community, violence is a complex problem related to patterns of thinking and behavior. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Violence]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- bias related violence
- collective violence
- court room violence
- dating violence
- domestic assault
- domestic violence
- filial violence
- gang violence
- government-sanctioned violence
- institutional violence
- media violence
- motives for violence
- physical abuse
- psychological theories and diagnoses for violent behavior
- racially motivated violence
- religiously motivated violence
- sexual violence
- socially approved violence
- spectator violence
- spontaneous violence
- sporting event violent behavior
- spouse rape
- terrorism
- violence at work
- violence causes
- violence in the workplace
- violence on television
- violence to staff
- violent behavior
- youth violence
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/violence
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