Violence
Catarina Ferreira 10ºC 3653
Violence is…
• WHO
“The intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or
actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or
community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of
resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment
or deprivation.”
Is Violence natural?
There are…
Acts:
- Physical - Sexual
- Psycological - Neglect
Self Directed Violence
Risk factors:
Poverty Someone´s loss Psychiatric
problems
Alcohol and drug Physical illnesses Social isolation
abuse
Access to lethal Prior suicide attempt Cultural
means issues
More than 700,000 people die by suicide: one
in 100 deaths;
12.6 per 100,000 men compared to 5.4 per
The 100,000 women
suicide… Currently, only 38 countries are known to have
a national suicide prevention strategy.
In 2020, suicide was among the top 9 leading
causes of death for people ages 10-64 and the
second leading cause of death for people ages
10-14 and 25-34;
Impact… What is it like loosing
someone by suicide?
To prevent
suicide/self abuse:
• Create family relationship programs;
• Provide treatment for people a risk of
suicide;
• Development of community
engagement activities;
• Value mental health;
• Provide treatment to avoid re-
attempts;
Collective Violence
• Genocide the intentional destruction of a people;
• War a state of armed conflict;
• Terrorrism a destructive method of political action
which uses violence to cause fear for political ends;
• Revolutions concerted efforts to change
government/society;
• Riots violent public disorder;
• Gang violence illegal and non-political acts of violence
Risk
factors:
• Unequal access to power
• Rapid demographic
change
• Unequal access to
resources
• Availability of small
arms and other weapons
To prevent
collective violence:
Reducing Investing
- poverty - health
development
- access to biological, chemical, nuclear and other weapons. -
social services
- social inequality
Consequences…
• Deaths:
- external causes, mainly related to weapons
- infectious diseases
- noncommunicable diseases avoidable
• Injuries
• Nutritional Problems
• Mental Health (depression, anxiety, pos-traumatic stress disorder, suicidal
behavior)
Inter-Personal Violence
Community
Violence
• Rape or sexual assault
by strangers;
• Racial tension;
• Mugging;
• Presence of gangs;
Risky factors: Live
in a place where…
• There´s/are
- a high concentration of poor
residents;
- socially disorganized
neighborhoods;
- a lot of exposure to violence;
- more intolerance;
- gang´s presence;
What we can do
to prevent:
• Promote economic opportunities;
• Facilitate the social cohesion;
• Build children’s and adolescents’
skills and competencies to choose
safe behaviors;
• Develop and implement school-
wide activities and policies;
Family or intimate partner violence
(Domestic Violence)
Child Domestic Elderly´s
abuse violence abuse
Domestic Violence:
Post Consequences
Traumatic Low self Eating
Suicide
stress esteem disorders
disorder
Anxiety
and Physical
Death
Depressio Injuries
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How can we prevent domestic
violence?
Important facts About domestic Violence:
In fact, 1 in 3 More than
women and 1 in 4 Domestic violence 200,000 phone
men will be is most common calls are placed to
victims of against women domestic violence
domestic abuse in ages 18-34; hotlines every
their lifetime; year;
Every year, more
A woman is
Accounts for 15% than 3 million
assaulted or
of all violent children witness
beaten every nine
crimes; domestic violence
seconds;
in their homes.
What about the
kids/teens?
• Result in death or severe injuries;
• Health risk behaviors;
• Unintended pregnancies;
• Impair brain and nervous system
development;
Facts about child abuse:
In 2010, 1,537
children died of
3.6 million cases of
Neglect makes up abuse or neglect.
child abuse are
more than 59% of 79.4% were under
reported every year
abuse cases; the age of 4 and
in the U.S;
47.7% were under
About 80% of 21-
the age of 1;
1 out of 3 girls and year-olds who
14% of all men and
1 out of 5 boys will were abused as
36% of all women
be sexually abused children met
in prison were
before they reach criteria for at least
abused as children.
age 18; one psychological
disorder;
Can you call that Psycological
Violence?
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