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For each description, identify which type of violence it is referring to.

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1.

A way of describing social arrangements that put individuals and populations in harm’s way. The arrangements are embedded in the political and economic organization of our social world and cause injury to people. Neither culture nor pure individual will is at fault for the effects of these arrangements; rather, historically given (and often economically driven) processes and forces conspire to constrain individual agency. -Dr. Paul Farmer
- A.
  
  Violence
- B.
  
  Direct Violence
- C.
  
  Indirect Violence/Structural Violence
- D.
  
  Cultural Violence
Correct Answer
C. Indirect Violence/Structural Violence
2.

Direct or structural violence that is legitimized by culture.
- A.
  
  Cultural Violence
- B.
  
  Direct Violence
- C.
  
  Indirect Violence
- D.
  
  All of the above
Correct Answer
A. Cultural Violence
3.

The intentional use of physical force against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation. - WHO
- A.
  
  Cultural Violence
- B.
  
  Direct Violence
- C.
  
  Indirect/Structural Violence
- D.
  
  None of the above
Correct Answer
B. Direct Violence
4.

A mostly hidden, mostly unacknowledged form of violence having to do with the everyday, normal functioning of institutions and policies of society.
- A.
  
  Violence
- B.
  
  Cultural Violence
- C.
  
  Direct Violence
- D.
  
  Indirect/Structural Violence
Correct Answer
D. Indirect/Structural Violence
5.

"Anything that denies human integrity, and leads to hopelessness and helplessness." - MLK
- A.
  
  Violence
- B.
  
  Direct Violence
- C.
  
  Indirect/Structural Violence
- D.
  
  Cultural Violence
Correct Answer
A. Violence
6.

On the highways of America -- even in sparsely populated Blaine County -- police use racial profiling to determine which automobiles to pull over and search for drugs.
- A.
  
  Direct and Indirect
- B.
  
  Direct and Cultural
- C.
  
  Indirect and Cultural
- D.
  
  All of the above
Correct Answer
C. Indirect and Cultural
7.

The normal workings of America’s economic institutions ensure that poor people have significantly increased risks for cancer, heart disease, AIDS, depression, environmental threats and premature death.
- A.
  
  Indirect/Structural
- B.
  
  Cultural
- C.
  
  Direct
- D.
  
  All of the above
Correct Answer
A. Indirect/Structural
8.

Canada Tar Sands linked to cancer in Native Communities.
- A.
  
  Indirect/Structural
- B.
  
  Cultural
- C.
  
  Direct
- D.
  
  Structural and Cultural
Correct Answer
D. Structural and Cultural
9.

Sex crimes sore in the US military.
- A.
  
  Cultural
- B.
  
  Direct
- C.
  
  Indirect/Structural
- D.
  
  None of the above
Correct Answer
B. Direct

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Types Of Violence

Direct or structural violence that is legitimized by culture.

The intentional use of physical force against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation. - WHO

A mostly hidden, mostly unacknowledged form of violence having to do with the everyday, normal functioning of institutions and policies of society.

"Anything that denies human integrity, and leads to hopelessness and helplessness." - MLK

On the highways of America -- even in sparsely populated Blaine County -- police use racial profiling to determine which automobiles to pull over and search for drugs.

The normal workings of America’s economic institutions ensure that poor people have significantly increased risks for cancer, heart disease, AIDS, depression, environmental threats and premature death.

Canada Tar Sands linked to cancer in Native Communities.

Sex crimes sore in the US military.