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INJURIES
Are injuries resulting from
violence.
Self-inflected
Assault
SUICIDE AND
PARASUICIDE
Suicide
Is the intentional taking of
one’s own life.
Parasuicide
A suicide attempt in which a
person does not intend to
Tendencies:
Talking about suicide or death
Writing farewell letters or giving
away valuable to their friends and
sibling
Showing changes in behavior. Moods
and feelings
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Is an act that includes physical assault
(hitting, shoving, etc.), sexual abuse
(unwanted of forced sexual activity),
and verbal abuse.
Domestic violence includes abuse and actions such
as:
Name-calling or putdowns
Keeping a partner from contacting his/her family
or friends
Withholding money/allowance od denying financial
support
Stopping a partner from getting or keeping a job
Actual or threatened physical harm
Sexual assault
Stalking
Intimidation
Is very jealous and/or spies on him/her
Will not let him/her break off the relationship
Hurts him/her in any way, is violent or bags
about hurting other people
Puts him/her down or makes him/her feel bad
Forces him/her to have sex or makes him/her afraid
to say no to sex
Abuses drugs or alcohol; pressure him/her to use
drugs or alcohol
Has a history of bad relationships and blame it on
others
BULLYING
Is unwanted, aggressive behavior.
An imbalance of power
Repetition
CLASSIFICATIONS:
Verbal bullying
Social bullying
Physical bullying
Cyberbullying
STALKIN
GIs a pattern of behavior that makes you
feel afraid, nervous, harassed or in danger.
*Involve actions such as:
Knowing your schedule
Showing up at place you go to
Sending mail, e-mail and pictures
Calling or texting repeatedly
Contacting you or posting about you on
social network sites
Writing letters
Damaging your property
Creating a web site about you
Sending gifts
Stealing things that belong to you
EXTORTIO
N
Is the act of using force or threats to
force people to hand over their money
or properties, on favor.
GANG AND YOUTH VIOLENCE
Gang
Is defined as a relatively tough,
mostly street- based group of
young people who regard
themselves and may be seen by
others as a group that engages
in a range of criminal activity
and violence.
FRATERN
ITY
Is a group of people with similar
backgrounds, occupation, interests or
tastes.
KIDNAPPI
NG
Is taking away or forcefully moving a
person against his/her will and
holding him/her in unjust captivity.
ACT OF
TERROR
Terrorism
Is the use of violence
for political goals and
putting the public or
a great number
of people in fear.
Acts of terror may be categorized into six:
State terrorism- government can use force; political goal
Bioterrorism- release of toxic biological agents
Cyber terrorism- use of information technology to attack
civilians.
Eco terrorism- violence in the interest of environmentalism
Nuclear terrorism- used of nuclear materials as a terorrist
tactics
Narcoterrorism- used by drug traffickers to influence
government.
VERBAL
ABUSE
Is a form of cruelty that involves the use of words.
Characteristics:
Hurtful and usually attacks the nature and abilities of
the person-
May be obvious or hidden- name calling/comments
Controlling-
Dangerous- gradual fading of self confidence
Fickle- shocked
Usually worsen, increase of strength, regularity
and assortment
INCES
T
Is sexual contact between persons who are
so closely related that a marriage between
them is illegal.
MOLESTATION
Is the sexual abuse of a person by an adult for sexual
pleasure of for profit.
It may include:
Fondling- to handle
Mutual masturbation- 2 people touching each other sexual
organs for pleasure
Sodomy- inserting of penis into the anus of another person
Coitus- sex with male and female inserting of penis to vagina
Child pornography- children as asubject for purpose of
sexual arousal: book, internet
Child prostitution- refers to children who paid for sex
RAP
E
Is forced sexual intercourse,
including vaginal, anal or
oral penetration.
Not old enough below 18
Mental disability
Not agree to take part