Lesson 2: INTENTIONAL INJURIES

• Intentional Injuries


  • Done in a way that is planned or intended.
  • Are injuries resulting from violence.
• Types of Intentional Injuries


  • Self-inflicted - When a person harms themselves on purpose
  • Assault - When a person harms another on purpose
• Suicide


  • Intentional taking of one's own life.
  • Many of those who attempt suicide do not receive mental and emotional counseling.
• Domestic Violence


  • Includes physical assault, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, and verbal abuse.
  • These are behaviors that are used by one person in a relationship who tries to control the other.
• Domestic Violence Behaviours


  • Name calling or put downs
  • Keeping a partner from contacting their family or friends
• Bullying


  • An unwanted, aggressive behavior.
  • The behavior is repeated, or can be repeated, over time.
• Types of Bullying


  • Verbal bullying - Saying or writing mean and nasty things, teasing, name-calling, taunting, sexual comments.
  • Social bullying - Hurting someone's reputation.
  • Physical bullying - Hurting a person's body or destroying their possessions.
  • Cyberbullying - Verbal and social bullying done through the use of technology and electronic means.
• Stalking


  A pattern of behavior that makes you feel afraid, nervous, harassed, or in danger.
• Sexual Abuse


  Unwanted or forced sexual contact
• Incest


  Sexual contact between persons who are so closely related that it is considered illegal
• Molestation


  The sexual abuse of a person (whether a child or adult) by an adult for sexual purposes
• Rape


  Forced sexual intercourse
• Extortion


  The act of illegally using force or threats to force people to hand over their money, properties, or favors
• Gang


  • A relatively tough, street-based group of young people with similar backgrounds.
  • May be seen by others as a group that engages in a range of criminal activity and violence.
• Fraternity


  A group of people with common occupations, interests, or backgrounds and tastes.
• Hazing


  A series of initiation rites to become part of a brotherhood
• Abduction


  The use of deceit or force in order to take a person, or a child, away from their home or relatives
• Parasuicide

  • Attempt in which a person does not intended to die.
  • It is often a cry for help meaning, the person wants others to know what s/he is feeling.
• Acts of terror

  • State terrorism
  • Bioterrorism
  • Cyberterrorism
  • Ecoterrorism
  • Nuclear terrorism
  • Narcoterrorism
• Verbal Abuse


  A form of cruelty that involves the use of words to attack