"heightened violence" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to an increase or intensification of violent actions or behavior. Example: The city has seen a sharp rise in crime rates, with reports of heightened violence in several neighborhoods.
As I reported from Baghdad that election day, the obvious fact that the Sunnis had not voted meant that the elections would probably usher in a period of greatly heightened violence.
Using a wide range of sources, including government documents, transcripts of international war crimes trials, and memoirs, Gibbs shows how these interventions often heightened violence and increased human suffering.
Are the misfortunes Latin America is facing - staggering inequality, heightened violence, corruption, breaches of human rights, bottom-ranked education systems, crippling natural disasters- traumatic, or can they be seen as opportunities to learn and grow?
"All our children experience heightened violence because of poverty, rivalries between local families, drug trafficking and Israeli settlements pressing into our dense Palestinian neighbourhood," another mother reported.
"All our children experience heightened violence because of poverty, rivalries between local families, drug trafficking and Israeli settlements pressing into our dense Palestinian neighbourhood", another mother reports.
The cast are conscious that the film is launching at a time of heightened violence by police against young black men in the US – and heightened consciousness of such prejudice.
The Protestant parades, which drew about 30,000 marchers, took place against the backdrop of heightened sectarian violence in Belfast.
However, it is also important to assess substance abuse since the comorbidity with substance abuse clearly heightened the violence risk as an adult in both male and female suicide attempters.
This week, Strathclyde police reiterated their concerns over the heightening violence and public disorder around Old Firm derbies.
The blaze and the ensuing violence heightened tension between the government and the traditional Bugandan kingdom, which covers 9,000 square miles.
The attack left 20 people dead and nearly 55 wounded, according to local officials, and heightened concerns about violence before local elections scheduled for April 20.
