HLSC 1810U Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Suicide Attempt, Sexual Assault, Borderline Personality Disorder
Document Summary
Homicide: death as a result of another"s intent to injure or kill. Domestic violence: the use of force to control and maintain power over another person in the home environment; includes actual physical harm or psychological harm and the treat to harm. Child abuse: the systematic harming of a child by a caregiver, generally a parent. Sexual abuse: any act in which one person is sexually intimate with another without consent. Is the leading cause of death between ages 15-44; 14% male and 7% female. Each year more than 1. 6 million people die across the world because of violence. People with disability are more at risk than those without. Violence in canada exists in open forms; assault or homicide and subtle; stalking. The most violent setting in canadian society today is family. Only 31% of violent crimes are reported (down from 34% in 2004)