Violent Crimes

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Violent Crimes

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Discuss the concept of violence as defined by society

Society often defines violence as physically destructive or damaging activity (Taylor and Royal College of Physicians of London , 1993 Experts , however , point out that violence is not synonymous with aggression , hostility or anger . Aggression could either an attack or assault (not necessarily physical ) or a positive trait that almost resembles assertiveness . Hostility , meanwhile , describes a mindset that constantly responds to people and or situations in an

antagonistic manner . Anger is an explicitly emotional arousal state and not an act or enduring trait (Taylor and Royal College of Physicians of London , 1993 . The aforementioned definition of violence is sometimes considered as shadowy , as not all forms of physically destructive or damaging activity can be classified as violent . This problem is attributed to the manner in which the phenomenon of violence is studied . Academic and governmental interest in violence usually focuses on the rise and fall of the incidence of violence in a given society . In the haste to address issues such as the number of violent individuals and the percentage of violence in a specific community , philosophical speculations on the meaning of violence are overlooked (Torrance , 1988

In addition , experts define violence in terms of the particular injurious behavior with which it is concerned (Torrance , 1988 . A feminist , for instance , would define rape as an act which reinforces the patriarchal notion that men are superior to women . An analyst of...