We are so pleased to have you join us as we investigate this crucial topic. Violence is a leading cause of death, disability and health care use worldwide. Violence is a complex problem and can only be understood and reduced though a multidisciplinary approach. This course introduces you to experts who study different forms of violence and we will discuss the various causes of violence. You will also learn about efforts to reduce violence and engage in a day of compassion. We are very fortunate that PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER is participating in our course. He delivers a lecture on the efforts of the Carter Center to end violence around the world, and he engages in a discussion with us about his life and work in human rights. Do join us for short videos, readings and discussions. And also see our coffee chats, where we (Pamela and Deb) summarize and reflect on each module. And we want to hear from you! Feel free to reach out via Twitter or through the course, or through our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/understandingviolence01/.
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Types of Violence
The following videos will help learners become familiar with specific types of violence, including intimate partner violence, suicide, sexual violence, youth violence including cyber-bullying, child maltreatment, elder maltreatment, and gang violence.
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Deb Houry, MD, MPHAssociate Professor
Emergency Medicine
Pamela Scully, Ph.D.Professor
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and African Studies
Welcome back.
This week, we talked about different types of violence.
And I thought it was just really enlightening when you're talking about
violence to look at how violence, you know, really can be self directed or
collective across the lifespan.
What did you think, Pamela?
>> Exactly. I think that's you
know when we were organizing this course, we did want to try and
reach an understanding of variety of violence.
But this week really emphasized that, so that we have, you know,
youth violence, elder violence, as Dave said, radical is the last course.
And we also talked about, you know,
sexual violence, other forms of violence, intimate partner violence.
So, I think this week really introduces the range of violence,
as well as providing different authorities perspectives on the types of
violence that they study.
>> And I thought was interesting,
we did have several from public health backgrounds.
And so, I think the public health approach to violence came up several times.
That's not to say the only approach to violence.
And towards the end of the course, we'll talk about other approaches to violence.
But, public health approach, you know, really identifying the problem,
looking at what are the rates of violence in these different categories.
Looking at the risk factors for perpetration and victimization, and
then when you see those risk factors or
associations seen, how do you develop interventions?
>> And that's what I, I really found exciting, not being a public health
person, was that the public health approach model that was presented to this
week really showed how taking a larger approach can help us prevent violence.
And if we can identify the risk factors and, and create models of
how to intervene, we don't have to feel so helpless in the face of violence.
I agree.
So Debra, you're an expert in sort of identifying risk factors and
overlap of different cycles.
Could you speak a little more to what people said this week on that topic?
>> So I think when you're looking at violence, you know, as a whole, you can
look at things like child maltreatment, and see that those who experience child
maltreatment then can go on to be more likely to be victims or perpetrators of
things like partner violence or youth violence, really perpetuating the cycle.
There's also risk factors like mental health symptoms or substance abuse
that you can see across different types of perpetrators and survivors as well.
So I think looking at what those common characteristics are you can
prevent violence at a bigger picture.
>> And, and what you've just said is I think really interesting in
that there isn't any direct equation in terms of,
ever having experienced child abuse, and then becoming a perpetrator.
You could also become a victim, or neither of those things.
But that they're. >> Absolutely.
>> But there are cycles.
But then they're not easily pinpointed from one to the other.
>> Absolutely.
And with, you know, like elder maltreatment you know, dependence on
a caregiver, as well as a caregiver that might have some economic strain, things
like that, you could easily see that in partner violence perpetration as well.
So just looking for some of those common characteristics in the overlap.
>> And if I, now that you just said that,
one of the things that struck me is, I think we are tend to
be uncomfortable with the connection between intimacy and violence.
But I did note that an elder views having the caregiver living in the, in the home
with the person that they're looking after you know, is one of the risk factors.
And I think that as with IPV partner violence I think
that also speaks to how we like to think of violence as happening else where.
And many of these forms of violence that we discuss this week we see that violence
really is, is an issue to do with intimacy as much as out there in the public.
And that makes it incredibly difficult to talk about, to deal with, and, and
sometimes to prevent.
But it also makes it much more important that we do so.
I also really appreciated having a discussion of sexual violence.
And learning about the ways in which people experience sexual violence.
And also learning about a college campus, because of course we are both educators.
>> Right. [LAUGH] And as probably people know,
is in the United States, we are beginning to take much more seriously the issue of
sexual violence on campus.
Not that we have all the answers, but we are trying to think about it.
The White House is really getting engaged.
Many college campuses are.
And young people are becoming active on their own campuses.
So I really appreciated their perspective.
>> And with the sexual violence on college campuses, I think what I would just
add is looking at alcohol policies and things like bystander interventions.
And again, you can apply those to other types of violence.
>> Exactly. So this has been a interesting week.
And we look forward to seeing you next time.
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