CRIM 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: General Social Survey, Psychological Abuse, Relative Deprivation
7 Nov 2016
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Interpersonal violence: violence that is most commonly inflicted by one individual against another, or by a small group of individuals against another. Multi casual: the notion that an event occurs as a result of more than one factor. Produces a long list of different behaviours that occur in a wide range of contexts. Some definitions restrict violence to behaviours that threaten or inflict physical harm, while other definitions include a host of other injurious acts such as psychological, emotional, verbal, social harms. Requires the collection and analysis of relevant data. Data are also important for gauging the effectiveness of public policy responses. Both enable researchers to gain a more complete picture of violent crime in canada than could be gleaned from either source on its own. Most common source of official data on violent crime in canada. Relies on a narrow, restrictive definitions of violence that emphasizes intended threatened or actual use of physical force against a person:
