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From Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology
The core meaning of violence is the deliberate infliction of bodily violation or harm on one individual human being by another. The forms of violence include hitting, wounding, rape, torture, and, of course, killing. Thus violence is distinguished from non-physical forms of social power , such as coercion or force, ideology , or social control . Violence is the most extreme expression of power, containing the ultimate potential of total power, the physical destruction of one social actor by another. Violence may be a spontaneous expression of power relations, or a planned, instrumental maximization of power. Because of endemic inequalities of power, violence is a general potentiality in social relations, even if in many types of relationship this remains latent for long periods. Thus, although issues of violence may arise in all social arenas, in practice sociology has been concerned with them in a limited number of cases. The sociology of the family has examined the prevalence of…
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From Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology
The core meaning of violence is the deliberate infliction of bodily violation or harm on one individual human being by another. The forms of violence include hitting, wounding, rape, torture, and, of course, killing. Thus violence is distinguished from non-physical forms of social power , such as…
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From Dictionary of Prisons and Punishment
Violence in prisons can take the form of person-to-person encounters or collective (and sometimes organized) activity. Interpersonal violence has been defined as ‘any incident in which a person is abused, threatened, or assaulted ... [in which] the resulting harm may be physical, emotional, or…
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From World of Criminal Justice, Gale
Violence is the use of extreme and unwarranted physical force against an individual. Some courts also maintain that threatening physical harm is a violent act. Types of violence are ranked beginning with assault, which can be a threat to inflict bodily harm or the carrying out of that threat. A…
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From Encyclopedia of Women's Health
Violence is a major contributor to premature death, injury, and disability both in the United States and throughout the world. Each day throughout the world, an average of 4,400 people die from violent acts, for a total of 1.6 million deaths each year. Since many violent deaths are unreported, this…
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From International Encyclopedia of Human Geography
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Glossary Commodityscapes The space or spaces in which a commodity is both identified and harnessed with the intention of profiting from its usage. Embodiment A tangible experience or material expression that is held or felt within the context of the body. …
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From Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
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Violence is the exertion of substantial force, either physical or emotional, with the intent of causing harm to another individual or group of individuals. An individual or group of individuals uses violence on another individual or group of individuals for the purpose of causing serious physical or…
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From Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
The use of unjustified physical force with the intention to injure or damage. Violence, by individuals, groups, and nations, pervaded the lives of people around the world from the beginning of civilization has persisted into the twenty-first century, causing ongoing concerns among citizens, …
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From The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies
Definitions of violence vary because violence is complex and multifaceted. A comprehensive definition is provided by the World Health Organization (2002), which characterizes violence as “the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or…
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From Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Just as violence has long been taken to be a sign of the primitive, the savage or the uncivilized, or alternatively of the deviant, the individual and the unsocialized, so anthropology has long been concerned to show that violence obeys rules, is part of culture, and even fulfils certain social…
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From Global Dictionary of Theology
Violence is an elusive concept of force framed by personal, social, cultural or religious ideals of existence, freedom or fulfillment, and is actualized in various ways that inhibit or destroy the existence, freedom or fulfillment of another person. In its many historical varieties, the concrete act…
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