HEALTH

• Intentional Injuries - injuries resulting from violence.
• Intentional injuries can be divided into two: Self-inflicted, Assault
• Suicide is the intentional taking of one’s own life.
• Parasuicide is suicide attempt in which a person does not intend to die
• Domestic violence is an act that includes

  physical assault (hitting, pushing, shoving,

  etc.), sexual abuse (unwanted or forced sexual

  activity), and verbal abuse.
• Bullying is an unwanted, aggressive

  behavior. The behavior is repeated, or can be

  repeated, over time.
• Stalking is a pattern of behavior that makes

  you feel afraid, nervous, harassed, or in

  danger.
• Extortion is the act of using force or threats to

  force people to hand over their money or

  properties, on favors.
• Gang is defined as a relatively tough, mostly

  street-based group of young people who

  regard themselves and may be seen by others

  as a group that engages in a range of criminal

  activity and violence.
• Fraternity is a group of people with similar

  backgrounds, occupations, interests, or tastes.
• To maintain their exclusiveness, fraternity

  members would require an applicant to

  undergo a series of initiation rites to become

  part of the “brotherhood”.
• Hazing is activity that involves

  harassment, abuse, or humiliation.
• Kidnapping is taking away or forcefully

  moving a person against his/her will and

  holding him/her in unjust captivity.
• Abduction is the use of deceit or force in order to take a person or a child away from their home or relatives.
• Acts of terror is the use of violence for political goals and putting the public or a great number of people in fear.
• Verbal abuse is a form of cruelty that involves

  the use of words.
• Sexual Abuse includes: Incest, Molestation, Rape
• Incest is sexual contact between persons who are so closely related that a marriage between them is

  considered illegal (e.g., parents and children, uncles/ aunts and nieces/nephews, etc.).
• Molestation is the sexual abuse of a person (whether a child or adult) by an adult for sexual pleasure or for

  profit.
• Rape is forced sexual intercourse, including vaginal, anal, or oral penetration. Penetration may be by a body part or an object.
• Individual: History of violent victimization
• Individual: History of violent victimization
• Individual: History of treatment for emotional problems
• Individual: Antisocial beliefs and attitudes
• Individual: Exposure to violence and conflict in the family
• Family: Authoritarian child rearing attitudes
• Family: Low emotional attachment to parents or

  caregivers
• Family: Low parental education and income
• Family: Parental substance abuse or criminality
• Family: Poor monitoring and supervision of children
• Peer and Social: Association with delinquent peers
• Peer and Social: Involvement in gangs
• Peer and Social: Social rejection by peers
• Peer and Social: Poor academic performance
• Peer and Social: Low commitment to school and school failure
• Community: Diminished economic opportunities.
• Community: High concentrations of poor residents
• Community: High level of transiency
• Community: Low levels of community participation
• Community: Socially disorganized neighborhoods