Violence is the use of physical force by humans to cause harm to other living beings, including pain, injury, disablement, death, damage, and destruction. The World Health Organization defines it as the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or a group or community, that results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation, a definition that recognizes violence not resulting in injury or death.
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Elements of OffenseThe World Health Organization divides violence into three broad categories, self-directed, interpersonal and collective, a classification used to define what conduct counts as violence and against whom it is directed. 1 Classification
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1. Violence (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia, Typology section, WHO classification
The World Health Organization (WHO) divides violence into three broad categories: self-directed, interpersonal, and collective.
In Group: Violence and Violent Crime in General, Lead sentence
Violence is characterized as the use of physical force by humans to cause harm to other living beings, such as pain, injury, disablement, death, damage and destruction.
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