Violence

Violence is the use of physical force to by people or institutions to cause harm to other living beings, including pain, injury, maiming (inducing a disability), death, or other physical damage. Understood more broadly in a political and philosophical context, the definition of violence is often understood to include the threat of violence, overtly or covertly, as well as coercion, the use of the threat of violence to subject a person or people to one's will. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines violence as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation"; it recognizes the need to include violence not resulting in injury or death.