health

Violence is the use of physical force to injure people or property. Violence
may cause physical pain to those who experience it directly, as well as
emotional distress to those who either experience or witness it. Individuals,
families, schools, workplaces, communities, national societies, and local
and global environments all are harmed by violence.
Violence is a social and health problem for all who experience and witness
it. Violence takes many forms, including:

• Family violence, often referred to as domestic abuse, child abuse,
  child maltreatment, spouse abuse, and wife battering
  
• Peer group violence, which includes workplace violence, school
  violence, gang violence, and bullying*
  
• Sexual violence, which includes rape*, date rape, marital rape, intimate
  partner abuse, and child sexual abuse
  
• Abuse of power, which includes mistreatment of children, students,
  elders, people with disabilities, and others who are smaller or less
  powerful than the abuser
  
• Community violence, which includes assaults, fights, shootings,
  homicides, and most forms of peer violence
  
• Hate crimes and hate speech, which target victims based on gender,
  age, race, ethnicity, religious belief, or sexual orientation
  
• Media violence, shown on television, in film, and in video games.