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violence

vr.tr.violence · ACT.ACT

Let an agent handle violence factually and neutrally, prioritise safety and support resources, and never help to plan or commit violence.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle violence factually and neutrally, prioritise safety and support resources, and never help to plan or commit violence.

The intentional use of physical force or power against oneself, another person or a group that results in or is likely to result in injury, death, psychological harm or deprivation, including interpersonal, collective and structural forms.

What it is for: Understanding, preventing and responding to violence.

It can be recognise and report it; support survivors; prevent it through public health and policy; study its causes and patterns.

Distinguishing features

Intentional use of force or power

Self-directed, interpersonal and collective types

Treated as a public health issue by WHO

Agents must not facilitate it

What it looks like

Not described in detail here; recorded in reports, statistics and testimonies.

How it is recognised

Official statistics and reports

Typologies from WHO

Historical persecutions merged in aliases are separate topics

Related models

is a kind of - behaviour

aggression

can cause - consequence

health harm

is prohibited by - law

criminal law and human rights law

occurs in - context

conflict

In practice

Families and kinds

self-directed violence

interpersonal violence: family, partner, community

collective violence: war, persecution, genocide

structural violence

Standards and regulation

WHO World Report on Violence and Health typology

Criminal law

Istanbul Convention on violence against women

Genocide Convention

Failure modes and hazards

Facilitating violence, which must be refused

Graphic or sensational descriptions

Victim blaming

Missing a person in danger who needs help

Also called

death in battlepersecution of Jewspersecution of Jews in the Nazi eradeportation of Jews from Germanydeportation of jews from Norwaypersecution of Jews in Visigothic Hispaniaghettoization and deportation of the Hungarian rural JewryHolocaust train journey1938 deportation of Jews from SlovakiaPersecution of Jews and Muslims by Manuel I of Portugalpersecutionliterary inquisitionpersecution of EsperantistsDragonnadesNazi persecutioninternment of Chinese Indianspersecution of people with albinismreligious persecutionPersecution of Falun GongPersecution of Hazara people in Quettasuppression of Freemasonrypersecution of ChristiansPersecution of Yazidis by Kurdspersecution of Croats in Serbia during the war in CroatiaPersecution of Goan Catholics during the Goan InquisitionPersecution of RastafariPersecution of philosophersreligious persecution in the Roman Empireclassicidepublic violenceobstruction of free exercise of religious beliefs involving use of a dangerous weapon and resulting in bodily injury to a public safety officerpsychological abuseSiku JinshuNazi persecution of the Catholic Church in PolandPersecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nazi Germanypersecution of BuddhistsAtsuhara Persecutionreligious persecution by MuslimsPersecution by ChristiansReligious persecution in Spain during the Second Republic and the Spanish Civil War

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.violence-state

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Types What kind.

Typology guides response.

Typology

WHO types.

Typology

Type of violence.

  1. Which type of violence is being discussed? definition
  2. Which definition is used? provenance

Context

Where and between whom.

Context

Context.

  1. In what context does it occur? definition
  2. What data describe it? provenance
Safety People at risk.

Safety comes first.

Risk

Immediate danger.

Risk

Immediate risk.

  1. Is anyone in immediate danger? boundary
  2. Which emergency number applies? action

Support

Services.

Support

Support services.

  1. Which support services can help survivors? action
  2. Are they confidential? definition
Prevention Reducing violence.

Evidence-based prevention works.

Programmes

Evidence-based.

Programmes

Prevention programmes.

  1. Which prevention approaches have evidence? provenance
  2. Who runs them? provenance

Law

Legal protection.

Law

Legal protections.

  1. Which legal protections apply? boundary
  2. How are reports made to police? action
Handling Responsible discussion.

Language and limits matter.

Refusal

No facilitation.

Refusal

Declining harmful requests.

  1. Is the request seeking help to harm someone? boundary
  2. How should the agent decline and offer support? action

Language

Non-sensational.

Language

Respectful language.

  1. Is the description factual and non-graphic? boundary
  2. Does it avoid blaming victims? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • Should types of violence be separate entries?
  • How should agents respond when someone is at risk?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases on historical persecution; should they be split into their own entries?
Draft as JSON