Violence

Violence is when someone attacks someone else, often to get them to do something they do not want to do by making them feel pain. Violence can mean anything from one person hitting another to a war between many countries that causes millions of deaths. Different people may see different acts as violent. Laws are created often to control violence.

Estimates of disability-adjusted life years from physical violence, per 100,000 inhabitants in 2002.^[1]

  No data

  <200

  200–400

  400–600

  600–800

  800–1000

  1000–1200

  1200–1400

  1400–1600

  1600–1800

  1800–2000

  2000–3000

  >3000

Types

• Physical: Fighting, killing or hurting somebody
• Sexual: When a person subjects somebody to unwanted sexual acts
• racial: When a victim is chosen based on his or her race or nationality

Related pages

• Pogrom
• Terrorism
• The Holocaust
• Bosnian genocide
• Rwandan genocide
• Cambodian genocide
• September 11 attacks
• Charlie Hebdo shooting
• 2016 Berlin truck attack

References

1. "Mortality and Burden of Disease Estimates for WHO Member States in 2002" (xls). World Health Organization. 2004. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16.