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1. Violence | Causes, Effects & Solutions | Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/topic/violence
Description: web4 days ago · Violence, an act of physical force that causes or is intended to cause harm. The damage inflicted by violence may be physical, psychological, or both. Violence may be distinguished from aggression, a more general type of hostile behaviour that may be physical, verbal, or passive in nature. Violence.
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2. Violence - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence
Description: webFor the song, see Violent (song). Violence is the use of physical force to cause harm to people, animals, or property, such as pain, injury, death, damage, or destruction. [1] Some definitions are somewhat broader, such as the World Health Organization 's definition of violence as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened [2 ...
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3. A New Era of Conflict and Violence | United Nations
Link: https://www.un.org/en/un75/new-era-conflict-and-violence
Description: webThe nature of conflict and violence has transformed substantially since the UN was founded 75 years ago. Conflicts now tend to be less deadly and often waged between domestic groups rather than...
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4. Violence against women - World Health Organization (WHO)
Link: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/violence-against-women
Description: webViolence against women – particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence – is a major public health problem and a violation of women's human rights. Estimates published by WHO indicate that globally about 1 in 3 (30%) of women worldwide have been subjected to either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner ...
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5. Violent Crime Is Surging. But We Know What to Do About It | TIME
Link: https://time.com/6138650/violent-crime-us-surging-what-to-do/
Description: webJan 12, 2022 · Violent Crime in the U.S. Is Surging. But We Know What to Do About It. 12 minute read. Police Crime Scene officers work outside the SEPTA Olney Transportation Center, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021 after...
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6. The Science of Violence | Psychology Today
Link: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-new-brain/201604/the-science-of-violence
Description: webApr 27, 2016 · Violence, like all human behavior, is controlled by the brain. From everyday road rage to domestic violence to a suicide bombing, the biology of anger and aggression is the root cause of most...
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7. Violence Info – A global knowledge platform for preventing violence
Link: https://apps.who.int/violence-info/
Description: webThe Violence Prevention Information System (Violence Info) collates published scientific information on the main types of interpersonal violence. This includes information on prevalence, consequences, risk factors, and prevention and response strategies.
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8. What’s behind rising violent crimes in the U.S., and how they
Link: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/whats-behind-rising-violent-crimes-in-the-u-s-and-how-they-can-be-reducedspike-in-violence
Description: webJan 27, 2022 · A grim start to the year in New York City, with residents across the boroughs reeling from a series of attacks, in Times Square, a woman pushed to death on the subway tracks, in the Bronx, an...
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9. Devastatingly pervasive: 1 in 3 women globally experience violence
Link: https://www.who.int/news/item/09-03-2021-devastatingly-pervasive-1-in-3-women-globally-experience-violence
Description: webMar 9, 2021 · Español. Violence against women remains devastatingly pervasive and starts alarmingly young, shows new data from WHO and partners. Across their lifetime, 1 in 3 women, around 736 million, are subjected to physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner or sexual violence from a non-partner – a number that has remained largely …
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10. Injuries and violence - World Health Organization (WHO)
Link: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/injuries-and-violence
Description: web19 March 2021. Key facts. Injuries – both unintentional and violence-related – take the lives of 4.4 million people around the world each year and constitute nearly 8% of all deaths. For people age 5-29 years, 3 of the top 5 causes of death are injury-related, namely road traffic injuries, homicide and suicide.