![]() Collective violence includes wars and armed conflicts within or between states, genocide, and terrorism.Ĭollective violence as like as other types of violence is related to human distress and is disastrous, which is dealt with elsewhere. ![]() Interpersonal violence by itself divides into two categories, i.e., family and intimate partner violence (e.g., child abuse, violence by an intimate partner and abuse of the elderly) and community violence (e.g., youth violence, rape or sexual assault by strangers and violence in institutional settings). Self-directed violence includes suicidal behavior (i.e., suicidal ideation, plans, attempted suicide, and suicide). ![]() The World Health Organization (WHO) defines violence as: “The intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in, injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation.”īased on this definition WHO splits violence into three broad categories, i.e., self-directed violence interpersonal violence and collective violence. ![]()
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