Violence and its prevention
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Definition of Violence
VIOLENCE is defined by the WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION as 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.
Globally, violence takes the
lives of more than 1.5 million people
annually: just over 50% due to suicide,
some 35% due to homicide, and just over
12% as a direct result of war or some
other form of conflict. The nature of
violence that takes place can be physical,
sexual, psychological or involving
deprivation.
Furthermore, violence often
has lifelong consequences for victims'
physical and mental health and social
functioning and can slow economic and
social development.
CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLENCE
RESULT OF VIOLENCE
SUICIDE
HOMICIDE
WAR
Violence-Types
Domestic violence /Individual motivated violence
(Bride burning, Honor killing, Sati)
Group violence
(By social groups, politics/temple festivals/)
Non-violence in physical terms
(ill-treatment of family elders/threat/failures/Expulsions)
Interpersonal Violence
Family dispute, family arguments, communal hatreds
Child abuse violence
(Beating/hitting/kicking/sexual violence)
Religious violence, domestic violence, caste violence, violence against women,
violence against minorities, etc
Typology of violence
• Violence can be broadly
categorized according to
characteristics of those
committing the violent act:
– self-directed violence
– interpersonal violence
– Community violence
– collective violence
• Social violence
• Political violence
• Economic violence
Problems of violence
• Families edging out of poverty and investing in schooling their sons and daughters can
be ruined through the violent death or severe disability of the main breadwinner.
• Communities can be caught in poverty traps where pervasive violence and deprivation
form a unpleasant circle that restricts economic growth.
• For societies, meeting the direct costs of health, criminal justice, and social welfare
responses to violence diverts many billions of dollars from more constructive societal
spending.
CAUSES OF VIOLENCE
• Violence cannot be attributed to a single factor. Its
causes are complex and occur at different levels.
• The following four-level version of the socio-
ecological is often used in the study of violence:
– Personal
– Family or friends
– Community
– Society
PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE
The prevention of interpersonal violence:
• Developing safe, stable and good relationships between
children and their parents and caregivers –
This will actually help in reducing convictions
and violent acts in adolescence and early adulthood, and
probably help decrease intimate partner violence and self-
directed violence in later life.
• Developing life skills in children and adolescents
Evidence shows that the life-skills acquired in social
development programmes can reduce involvement in violence,
improve social skills, boost educational achievement and
improve job prospects.
Life skills refer to social, emotional, and behavioral
competencies which help children and adolescents effectively
deal with the challenges of everyday life.
• Reducing the availability and harmful use
of alcohol
Evidence is emerging that violence may
be prevented by:
Reducing the availability of alcohol (e.g. by
restricting hour or days of sale and raising
alcohol prices);
Brief interventions and longer-term
treatment for problem drinkers;
Improving the management of environments
where alcohol is served (e.g. reducing
crowding, increasing comfort levels,
improving physical design and staff training).
• Reducing access to guns or
harmful items
Evidence emerging
suggests that limiting access to
firearms can prevent homicides and
injuries and reduce the costs of
these forms of violence to society.
There is some evidence,
for example, to suggest that
jurisdictions with restrictive
firearms legislation and lower
firearms ownership tend to have
lower levels of gun violence
• Other than this, we have to
develop our self-control.
• We have to create our own
ethical way and path for
peaceful life.
• No anger, Hatred and
enmity, control mind, Love
and kindness, Practicing
Yoga, Truth and Non-
violence (Prevention of
Violence)
