Violence

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Violence
Violence is an extreme form of aggression, such as assault, rape or murder.
Violence has many causes, including frustration, exposure toviolent media, violence in the home or neighborhood and a tendency to see other people's actions as hostile even when they're not. Certain situations also increase the risk of aggression, such asdrinking, insults and other provocations and environmental factors like heat and overcrowding.     
Adapted from the Encyclopedia of Psychology

Abuse in relationships can take many forms and rangesfrom physical attacks to emotional abuse. Whatever its form, violence has its roots in distorted power relations. Abusive behaviours could include:
| Fear: is a key element in domestic and familyviolence and is often the most powerful way a perpetrator controls their victim. Fear can be created by looks, gestures, possession of weapons (even when they may not have been used), destruction ofproperty, cruelty to pets � or any behaviour which can be used to intimidate and render the other person powerless. |
| Intimidation: includes harassing the victim at their workplace or home either bypersistent phone calls or text messages, following the victim to and from work, or loitering near work or home. It could also include smashing things, destroying property, putting a fist through thewall, handling of guns or other weapons, intimidating body language (angry looks, raised voice), hostile questioning, reckless driving. |
| Verbal Abuse: includes screaming, shouting, put-downs,name-calling, sarcasm, ridiculing the victim for there religious beliefs or ethnic background. |
| Physical Abuse: Physical violence can range from a lack of consideration for physical comfort topermanent damage or death. It could include such behaviour as pushing, shoving, hitting, slapping, choking, hair-pulling, punching etc. and may or may not involve the use of weapons. It could also be...