5: Preventing Violence and Injury

Question 1

behaviors that demonstrate hatefulness, malevolence, cruelty, selfishness or viciousness and cause pain or suffering

Answer 1

meanness

Question 2

intentional use of physical force or power against others or oneself that results in harm

Answer 2

violence

Question 3

injury, death, or psychological harm inflicted with the intent to harm (murder, assault)

Answer 3

intentional injuries

Question 4

injury, death, or psychological harm caused unintentionally and without premeditation (ex. car accident, fire)

Answer 4

unintentional injuries

Question 5

goal-directed, hostile self-assertion that is destructive in nature

Answer 5

primary aggression

Question 6

hostile emotional response brought about by a frustrating experience / trigger

Answer 6

reactive aggression

Question 7

violence inflicted against one individual by another or by a small group

Answer 7

interpersonal violence

Question 8

violence committed by groups of individuals related to some cause (gang violence, terrorism)

Answer 8

collective violence

Question 9

death that results from the intent to injure or kill

Answer 9

homicide

Question 10

crime targeted against a particular societal group, motivated by bias against them

Answer 10

hate crime

Question 11

violence directed at individuals affiliated with a particular ethnic group

Answer 11

ethnoviolence

Question 12

a negative evaluation of an entire group of people that is typically based on unfavorable and often wrong ideas about the group

Answer 12

prejudice

Question 13

actions that deny equal treatment or opportunities to a group, often based on prejudice

Answer 13

discrimination

Question 14

unlawful use of force/violence against people or property to intimidate and coerce a government/population in furtherance of political or social objectives

Answer 14

terrorism

Question 15

use of force to control and maintain power over another person in the home environment, including actual harm and threats of harm

Answer 15

domestic violence

Question 16

physical, sexual, or psychological harm by a current or former partner/spouse

Answer 16

intimate partner violence (IPV)

Question 17

Lenore Walker’s theory explaining three phases of behavior in abusive relationships - tension building, incident of acute abuse, and remorse/reconciliation

Answer 17

cycle of violence

Question 18

any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent/caregiver that results in harm to a child

Answer 18

child maltreatment

Question 19

deliberate or intentional actions/words that cause harm to a child (acts of commission)

Answer 19

child abuse

Question 20

failure to provide a child’s basic needs such as food, clothing, shelter, medical care (acts of omission)

Answer 20

neglect

Question 21

any act in which one person is sexually intimate with another without that person’s consent

Answer 21

sexual assault

Question 22

sexual penetration without the victim’s consent

Answer 22

rape

Question 23

rape that involves one or more attackers (likely strangers), weapons, and/or physical beating

Answer 23

aggravated rape

Question 24

rape by one person, likely known to the victim, that does not involve physical beating or use of a weapon

Answer 24

simple rape

Question 25

any rape in which the perpetrator is known to the victim (FKA date rape)

Answer 25

acquaintance rape

Question 26

unwanted sexual activity by a spouse or ex-spouse using force or intimidation when a person is unable to consent

Answer 26

marital rape

Question 27

any form of unwanted sexual attention related to any condition of employment, education, or performance evaluation

Answer 27

sexual harassment

Question 28

willful, repeated, and malicious following, harassing, or threatening of another person

Answer 28

stalking

Question 29

driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs

Answer 29

impaired driving

Question 30

driving while performing any non-driving activity that diverts attention away from the road, increases risk of crashing

Answer 30

distracted driving

Question 31

device worn to provide buoyancy and keep the wearer afloat with their nose and mouth out of the water (life jacket)

Answer 31

personal flotation device (PFD)

Question 32

any substance harmful to the body when ingested, inhaled, injected, or absorbed through the skin

Answer 32

poison