Violence is increasingly recognized as a priority area for public health policy, especially since the release of the 2002 World Report on Violence and Health (31), which identified a need to characterize violence as a public health issue embedded in social, political, and economic contexts (32).
We are living in a moment characterized by violence, hatred, greed and apathy.
American writer of detective fiction, whose popular work is characterized by violence and sexual licentiousness.
In 2004, Secretary of State Colin Powell officially characterized the violence in Darfur as "genocide" — but then testified that "no new action is dictated by this determination".
The transition from war to peace here has been exceptionally difficult, with the period before the elections characterized by violence and intimidation among rival parties.
Feud, also called blood feud, a continuing state of conflict between two groups within a society (typically kinship groups) characterized by violence, usually killings and counterkillings.
Gulnara Rustamova, a member of the nongovernmental group Mothers of Dagestan, which aids family members of men arrested for religious extremism, characterized the violence in Dagestan as a cycle of police repression and subsequent revenge against the police.
Mickey Spillane, pseudonym of Frank Morrison Spillane (born March 9 , 1918 Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S. died July 17, 2006, Murrells Inlet, S.C ., American writer of detective fiction, whose popular work is characterized by violence and sexual licentiousness.
At several of Mr. Lapes's shelters, tenants — both homeless and longer-term residents — say the buildings are often characterized by violence, drug-use, mice, broken elevators, periods without heat and hot water, and violations of fire safety laws.
