-This can come in many forms such as: physical, verbal, sexual assault, injury, rape, unjust practices, wrongful practice or custom, crime, verbal aggression.
Here are some of the many types.
Abuse of authority
-Comes in the form of political corruption for the illegitimate private gain
-Police brutality is one example
Abuse of corpse
-AKA necrophilia, which is a sexual attraction to dead bodies
Abuse of animals
-Inflicting harm to non person animals
Anti social behavior
-Public behavior that lacks judgement
-I.e. vandalism, graffiti
Bullying
-Repeated acts of violence, such as verbal bullying(starting rumors), physical(punching, hitting), emotional(playing with someone's emotions)
Child abuse
-Comes in many forms, verbal, sexual, physical, emotional, psychological, neglect
Child on child sexual abuse
-When prepubescent child is sexually abused by one or more children or teen youths. This is different than "playing doctor"
Child sexual abuse
-Form of abuse concerning an adult or older person abusing a child for sexual stimulation.
-Includes asking a child to engage in sex, indecent exposure of genitals to a child, showing pornography to a child, actual sexual intercourse with a child, viewing the child's genitals with out physical contact, using a child to make child pornography
Clandestine abuse
-Sexual, psychological or physical abuse that is kept secret and is committed by one family member to another.
Clerical abuse
-Members of the church committing sex acts
Discrimination
-Hating against basically.
-Comes in many forms. Such as by age/clothing/appearance, ethnicity, race, sexuality, religion, gender, language, lifestyle
Gay bashing
-Perceived verbal or physical threats and abuse against someone who is gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender(LGBT)
Hate crimes
-Crimes committed against someone because of religion, skin color, race, ethnicity, social group, sexual orientation, class, social status, age, gender, etc
-Ex: painting swastikas on synagogues, writing the N word on the house or property of a black person
Hazing
-English term for various ritual activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group
-Seen mostly in college by frat houses or sororities, also seen in the military, gangs, clubs, sports teams, work places
Prison abuse
-Mistreatment of prisoners under arrest or incarceration
-Includes:
- Physical: needlees beating, hitting
- Psychological: taunting, sleep deprivation
- Sexual: forced rape, genital mutilation
- Torture: any act that causes severe pain
-Attitudes towards others because of race, gender, skin color, religious beliefs, social status, etc
-Ex: Hitler's treatment of the Jews
-Forcing someone to have sex without their consent
-One rare form of it is male rape in prisons
-AKA molestation, forcing someone, usually a person who might be a virgin, to have sex. Sexual abuse is when the constant raping goes on repeatedly. If the victim is under age of consent, it's called child sexual abuse.
-There are many examples:
- Non consensual: forced physical behavior
- Unwanted touching: fondling, exposure of genitals, voyeurism(spying on) exhibitionism, up to sexual assault
- Exposing a child to porno
- Saying sexually explicit things, child molestation
- Incest: family members raping other family members
Characteristics/Styles
-Some characteristics and styles of abuse include
- Overt abuse
- covert(controlling) abuse
- Unpredictability
- Disproportional reactions
- Dehumanization
- Abuse of info
- Control by proxy
Telltale signs
- Isolation
- Irrational jealousy
- Subtle presence of physical violence
- Criticizing
- Blaming
- Withholding
Effects
-This kind of stuff can have all kinds of effects, usually more negative than positive
- Chronic depression
- Anxiety
- Posttraumatic stress disorder
- Dissociation
- Anger