HLSC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sexual Assault, Child Abuse, Homicide
21 Jan 2016
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Violence: refers to intentional behaviours that produce injuries, as well as the outcomes of these behaviours (the injuries themselves) Homicide: death as a result of another"s intent to injure or kill. Domestic violence: the use of force to control and maintain power over another person in the home environment; it includes actual physical harm or psychological harm and the threat of harm. Child abuse: the systematic harming of a child by a caregiver, generally a parent. Sexual assault: any act in which one person is sexually intimate with another person without consent. Each year there are more than 1. 6 million people across the world who lose their lives due to cancer. Those with disabilities are at much greater risk than those without. 598 homicides in canada in 2011, rate of 1. 73 per 1000 people (nunavut has the highest rate of homicide-stabbing and gun use) Higher number of males accused of homicide- 40 male and 6 females.
