(1) I believe that what we need is a nonviolent national general strike of the kind that has been more common in Europe than here.
(2) He just never dreamed it would be life without parole.” Obama reduces sentences of 46 inmates convicted of nonviolent drug crimes Read more As his sister put it, Bennett “got caught up” in a five-man drug ring run by an old friend, John Hansley, to pay for his addiction to crack.
(3) These violent attempters are compared with nonviolent attempters, and the entire population of attempters is compared with suicide attempters in New Haven, Connecticut.
(4) The Mr. Roger's clip was slow, rhythmic, prosocial, and nonviolent, while the G.I.
(5) They could hardly have expected that they would help launch a movement that not only changed the nation and led to national legislation, but offered a toolbox of nonviolent strategies and visions to the world, used in South Africa and Egypt, in Czechoslovakia and the Philippines.
(6) But without structural reform to privatized probation, courts will continue to throw low-income, nonviolent offenders in jail – because those who are poor and commit misdemeanors simply can’t afford the high costs of going free.
(7) Boyling used the name Jim Sutton between 1995 and 2000 in the campaign Reclaim the Streets, which organised nonviolent protests against cars, such as blocking roads and holding street parties.
(8) Testosterone levels were analyzed in a group of nonviolent sex offenders and compared to normal controls; the offenders had significantly lower levels (P = 0.0016).
(9) Neither of these commonly employed two-point types successfully discriminated between violent and nonviolent offenders.
(10) But boys who are raised in nonviolent environments that foster empathy don't grow up to fuse sex with violence or become rapists.
(11) So do advocates and practitioners of nonviolent civil resistance, who have often concentrated on the task of getting rid of dictators with less thought and planning about what comes after.
(12) Within the day unit real life stress situations are recreated around everyday issues, enabling families to find new and nonviolent solutions to the problems of daily life.
(13) Before seclusion most behaviors were disturbed but nonviolent; during seclusion most behaviors were nondisturbed.
(14) 40 violent and 40 nonviolent inmates from a prison population were selected for study.
(15) The hypothesized relation between uncomfortably hot temperatures and aggressive behavior was examined in two studies of violent and nonviolent crime.
(16) You cannot fight a campaign – even a nonviolent one – without decrying your opponents.
(17) There were no differences in the levels of the three substances in violent and nonviolent suicides.
(18) Multiple recidivistic nonviolent criminal behavior was found at a significantly elevated rate in adopted-away sons when mental disorder and criminal involvement were characteristic of the adoptees' biological families.
(19) He was a leader with a soldier’s spirit – even nicknamed Castro because he was always ready for the fight, and there were times that he had to be reminded that theirs was a nonviolent movement.
(20) The former mental patient received fewer guilty verdicts than did the nonhospitalized defendant in the nonviolent robbery condition, while no difference existed in the violent robbery condition.
Violence
Definition:
(n.) The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force.
(n.) Injury done to that which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance; profanation; infringement; unjust force; outrage; assault.
(n.) Ravishment; rape; constupration.
(v. t.) To assault; to injure; also, to bring by violence; to compel.
Example Sentences:
(1) Unfortunately, due to confidentiality clauses that have been imposed on us by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, we are unable to provide our full names and … titles … However, we believe the evidence that will be submitted will validate the statements that we are making in this submission.” The submission detailed specific allegations – including names and dates – of sexual abuse of child detainees, violence and bullying of children, suicide attempts by children and medical neglect.
(2) In Essex, police are putting on extra patrols during and after England's first match and placing domestic violence intelligence teams in police control rooms.
(3) For services to Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence.
(4) There are widespread examples across the US of the police routinely neglecting crimes of sexual violence and refusing to believe victims.
(5) I hope I can play a major part in really highlighting the need for far more extensive family violence training within all organisations that deal with women and children, including the police and the department of human services,” Batty said.
(6) The law would let people find out if partners had a history of domestic violence but is likely to face objections from civil liberties groups.
(7) It will act as a further disincentive for women to seek help.” When Background Briefing visited Catherine Haven in February, the refuge looked deserted, and most of its rooms were empty, despite the town having one of the highest domestic violence rates in the state.
(8) What is Obama doing about the prejudice and violence faced by brown people here at home?
(9) Russian anti-gay law prompts rise in homophobic violence Read more “The law against gay propaganda legitimised violence against LGBT people, and they now are banning street actions under it,” Klimova said.
(10) A one-year study of staff injuries from inpatient violence at a large forensic state hospital found that 121 staff members sustained 135 injuries.
(11) We wanted to return to Kabul, but the violence there just kept getting worse.
(12) Brazil and Argentina unite in protest against culture of sexual violence Read more The symbolic power of so many women standing together proves that focusing on victims does not mean portraying women as passive.
(13) After violence had run its bloody course, the country’s rulers conceded it had been a catastrophe that had brought nothing but “grave disorder, damage and retrogression”.
(14) Mal’s age alone was enough to earn him a significant amount of street cred in our misfit group of teenage boys, yet it was his history of extreme violence that ensured his approval rating was sky high.
(15) Recent reports from local health centres in South Kivu claim that an estimated 40 women continue to experience sexual violence every day.
(16) While a clearcut relationship cannot be established between heavy metal music and destructive behavior, evidence shows that such music promotes and supports patterns of drug abuse, promiscuous sexual activity, and violence.
(17) These findings suggest that community differences in levels of violence are perpetuated as Zapotec children learn community-appropriate patterns for expressing aggression and continue to express these patterns as adults.
(18) The film's rating certificate warned of "moderate violence".
(19) The philosopher defended his actions by referring to Pierre Bourdieu's concept of symbolic violence, naturally enough, but it didn't wash with HR.
(20) Black physicians should assume a lead role in these inquiries and in the prevention and treatment of violence, specifically black-on-black murder.