INTENTIONAL INJURIES

 Are injuries resulting from violence.

Self-inflected
Assault
SUICIDE AND PARASUICIDE
Suicide
Is the intentional taking of one’s own life.

Parasuicide
A suicide attempt in which a person does not
intend to die.
Tendencies:
Talking about suicide or death
Writing farewell letters or giving away
valuable to their friends and sibling
Showing changes in behavior. Moods and
feelings
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Is an act that includes physical assault
(hitting, shoving, etc.), sexual abuse
(unwanted of forced sexual activity), and
verbal abuse.
Domestic violence includes abuse and actions such as:

 Name-calling or putdowns
 Keeping a partner from contacting his/her family or
friends
 Withholding money/allowance od denying financial
support
 Stopping a partner from getting or keeping a job
 Actual or threatened physical harm
 Sexual assault
 Stalking
 Intimidation
 Is very jealous and/or spies on him/her
 Will not let him/her break off the relationship
 Hurts him/her in any way, is violent or bags about
hurting other people
 Puts him/her down or makes him/her feel bad
 Forces him/her to have sex or makes him/her afraid to
say no to sex
 Abuses drugs or alcohol; pressure him/her to use drugs
or alcohol
 Has a history of bad relationships and blame it on others
BULLYING
Is unwanted, aggressive behavior.

 An imbalance of power
 Repetition
CLASSIFICATIONS:
Verbal bullying
Social bullying
Physical bullying
Cyberbullying
STALKING
 Is a pattern of behavior that makes you feel
afraid, nervous, harassed or in danger.
*Involve actions such as:
 Knowing your schedule
 Showing up at place you go to
 Sending mail, e-mail and pictures
 Calling or texting repeatedly
 Contacting you or posting about you on social
network sites
 Writing letters
 Damaging your property
 Creating a web site about you
 Sending gifts
 Stealing things that belong to you
EXTORTION
Is the act of using force or threats to force
people to hand over their money or
properties, on favor.
GANG AND YOUTH VIOLENCE
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, occupation, interests or
tastes.
KIDNAPPING
Is taking away or forcefully moving a
person against his/her will and holding
him/her in unjust captivity.
ACT OF TERROR
Terrorism
Is the use of violence for political goals
and putting the public or a great number
of people in fear.
Acts of terror may be categorized into six:
 State terrorism
 Bioterrorism
 Cyber terrorism
 Eco terrorism
 Nuclear terrorism
 Narcoterrorism
VERBAL ABUSE
 Is a form of cruelty that involves the use of words.
Characteristics:
 Hurtful and usually attacks the nature and abilities of the
person
 May be obvious or hidden
 Controlling
 Dangerous
 Fickle
 Usually worsen, increase of strength, regularity and
assortment
INCEST
Is sexual contact between persons who are so
closely related that a marriage between them
is illegal.
MOLESTATION
 Is the sexual abuse of a person by an adult for sexual
pleasure of for profit.
It may include:
 Fondling
 Mutual masturbation
 Sodomy
 Coitus
 Child pornography
 Child prostitution
RAPE
Is forced sexual intercourse,
including vaginal, anal or oral
penetration.