VIOLENCE
Definition
• “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, mal development or deprivation”.
Causes of violence
• Media
• Substance abuse
• Unemployment
• Weapons
• Poverty
• Poor family environment
• stress
Types of violence
• Self-directed violence
• Interpersonal violence
• Collective violence
Self-directed violence
• Suicidal thoughts
• Self harm
-Fatal suicidal behaviour
-Non fatal suicidal behaviour
Interpersonal violence
• Its behaviour against persons to inflict physical harm
Its subdivided into-
• Family violence
• Community violence
• Gender based
-intentional physical harm
Violence against oneself as in suicide, enforcing law, capital punishment
-unintentional physical harm
Exposure of workers or peoples to substance that injures the body.
Collective evidence
• War terrorism
• Political groups
• Gang warfare
• Economical violence
Other types of violence
• Physical
• Sexual
• Psychological
• Emotional
• Spiritual
• cultural
Physical violence
• When someone uses a part of their body or an object to control a
person’s actions.
• Its intentional one.
Sexual violence
• Its non-consensual act.
• It occurs when someone forces you to take part in sexual activity.
-Contact offences
-Non contact offences
Emotional violence
• It occurs when someone says or does something to make you feel
stupid or worthless.
• Its an intentional conduct.
Psychological violence
• It occurs when someone uses threats and causes fear in you to gain
something.
Cultural violence
• It occur when you are harmed as a result of practices condomned by
your culture, religion or tradition.
Spiritual violence
• It occurs when someone uses your religious or spiritual beliefs to
manipulate , dominate or control you.
Deprivation
• It’s a failure of someone’s responsibility to provide or take care of
someone need.
• It can be intentional or unintentional.
Domestic violence
-physical & sexual violence
-Economical violence
-psychological violence
-emotional violence
Its consider as a chronic syndrome.
Types of domestic violence
• Intimate partner violence.
• Child abuse.
• Elder abuse.
• A 23 years old female came with complaints of headache and
insomnia for the past 2 months and having history of self isolation,
suicidal thoughts, chronic fatigue presenting for past 1 weeks.
• It cycles into 3 stages.
• Learned helplessness.
The protection of women from domestic violence Act, 2005
• It provides civil remedies to victim
• Authority by central government
• Aggrieved person- WOMEN who is be a sexual partner of male.
• Respondent- MALE who has been in relationship with aggrieved
person
• Information to protection officer-
• Duties of medical facility-
• Penalties- up to 1 year of imprisonment, fine up to 20K.
- PAY compensation
- monetary relief.
Epidemiology
• 4.4M of lives lost per year, it contributes 8% of all deaths
• About 1 in 3 death from RTA
1 in 6 death from suicide
1 in 10 death from homicide.
• In age of 5 to 29-
5 to 14-
• Need to focus on(PANDEMIC)-
• NFHS- (m/c)
(L/c)
Surveillance of violence from crime
• Death certificates
• Police reports
• govt. survey
• Medical database
Public health approach
• Monitoring
• Examine risk factor
• Development & implementation

Forensic science and its importance in life

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    Definition • “The intentionaluse 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, mal development or deprivation”.
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    Causes of violence •Media • Substance abuse • Unemployment • Weapons • Poverty • Poor family environment • stress
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    Types of violence •Self-directed violence • Interpersonal violence • Collective violence
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    Self-directed violence • Suicidalthoughts • Self harm -Fatal suicidal behaviour -Non fatal suicidal behaviour
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    Interpersonal violence • Itsbehaviour against persons to inflict physical harm Its subdivided into- • Family violence • Community violence • Gender based
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    -intentional physical harm Violenceagainst oneself as in suicide, enforcing law, capital punishment -unintentional physical harm Exposure of workers or peoples to substance that injures the body.
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    Collective evidence • Warterrorism • Political groups • Gang warfare • Economical violence
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    Other types ofviolence • Physical • Sexual • Psychological • Emotional • Spiritual • cultural
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    Physical violence • Whensomeone uses a part of their body or an object to control a person’s actions. • Its intentional one.
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    Sexual violence • Itsnon-consensual act. • It occurs when someone forces you to take part in sexual activity. -Contact offences -Non contact offences
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    Emotional violence • Itoccurs when someone says or does something to make you feel stupid or worthless. • Its an intentional conduct.
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    Psychological violence • Itoccurs when someone uses threats and causes fear in you to gain something. Cultural violence • It occur when you are harmed as a result of practices condomned by your culture, religion or tradition.
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    Spiritual violence • Itoccurs when someone uses your religious or spiritual beliefs to manipulate , dominate or control you. Deprivation • It’s a failure of someone’s responsibility to provide or take care of someone need. • It can be intentional or unintentional.
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    Domestic violence -physical &sexual violence -Economical violence -psychological violence -emotional violence Its consider as a chronic syndrome.
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    Types of domesticviolence • Intimate partner violence. • Child abuse. • Elder abuse.
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    • A 23years old female came with complaints of headache and insomnia for the past 2 months and having history of self isolation, suicidal thoughts, chronic fatigue presenting for past 1 weeks. • It cycles into 3 stages. • Learned helplessness.
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    The protection ofwomen from domestic violence Act, 2005 • It provides civil remedies to victim • Authority by central government • Aggrieved person- WOMEN who is be a sexual partner of male. • Respondent- MALE who has been in relationship with aggrieved person • Information to protection officer- • Duties of medical facility- • Penalties- up to 1 year of imprisonment, fine up to 20K. - PAY compensation - monetary relief.
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    Epidemiology • 4.4M oflives lost per year, it contributes 8% of all deaths • About 1 in 3 death from RTA 1 in 6 death from suicide 1 in 10 death from homicide. • In age of 5 to 29- 5 to 14- • Need to focus on(PANDEMIC)- • NFHS- (m/c) (L/c)
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    Surveillance of violencefrom crime • Death certificates • Police reports • govt. survey • Medical database
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    Public health approach •Monitoring • Examine risk factor • Development & implementation