This document discusses violence, its causes, and its impacts. It identifies four factors that can contribute to violent behavior: triggers, arousal, weapons, and targets. It distinguishes between emotional violence, which occurs in response to pain, threats, or frustration, and instrumental violence, which is used to attain a goal. It also notes that people tend to act more violently in groups than alone. The document aims to help individuals assess how their own violent incidents impacted themselves and others in order to reduce future violence. It also addresses the role of violent media in influencing behaviors.

1. GROUP VIOLENCE - DESENSITIZATION - VIOLENCE IN THE MEDIA

2. Objective:
I can identify violence and how it has impacted my life
● I can identify the four factors that contribute to an individual’s choice to act in
violent ways.
● I can recognize the difference between Emotional and Instrumental Violence.
● I can identify that people are more violent in groups than when acting alone.
● I can infer each individual is ultimately responsible for his or her behavior.
● I can assess the impact to myself and others from my incident.
● I can identify violence in the media.

3. Trigger: The event that releases emotional arousal.
Arousal: A physiological state that is a reaction to stress. The body is
getting ready for action. Involuntary symptoms such as heart beating faster,
breathing increases, face flushes, hands shake or sweat.
Weapon: Every act of violence requires a weapon, a sharp tongue,
hands, knife, etc.
Target: Sometimes the target is a trigger.
Four Factors in Aggression

4. Emotional Violence
People commit acts of emotional violence in
response to pain, a threat or frustration.
● Handout Session 1 - Violence Prevention Worksheet

5. Instrumental Violence
● Instrumental Violence is used to attain a
goal or an award.
● People who commit acts of Instrumental
Aggression may not be ANGRY!

6. Research shows
that people are more
violent in groups than
when acting alone
WHY??

7. Group Violence

8. Impact On Yourself And Others
Worksheet
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: ____________
Anger Management- Incident Information Assignment:
1. Briefly describe the incident that resulted in your referral to Anger Management Program (AMP)
(2 – 3 sentences) Please include if it was an act of Emotional or Instrumental Violence
______________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
2. What did you want to happen in this situation?
___________________________________________
3. What was the impact of your action?
On YOU:
1_________________________________________________________________________
2_________________________________________________________________________
3_________________________________________________________________________
4_________________________________________________________________________
On Others:
Family____________________________________________________________________
Teachers_________________________________________________________________
Friends___________________________________________________________________
A.P./Resource Officer ______________________________________________________
Victim______________________________________________________________________

9. Violent Images In The Media
❏ TV
❏ Movies
❏ Music
❏ Video Games
❏ Magazines
❏ Social Networking
Sites

10. Violence In The Media & You
Have you ever seen
something in a TV show
that affected
you…negatively?
You couldn’t get the image
out of your mind.
Does the music you listen to
contain violence? How does
it affect your mood?
Do you tend to watch
violent movies? Video
games? Sporting events?

11. Read Violence In The Media
Article
Quick Activity
On Your Google Assignment, list:
1. Your favorite tv show
2. Your favorite movie
3. Your favorite video game
4. Your favorite singer/rapper
Rate the violence in each 1-10
(10 being Extreme Violence)

12. “A Man is but the product
of his thoughts, what he
thinks, he becomes.”
-Mahatma Ghandi
Optional: Video on Gangs