Violence

"Violence" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Individual or group aggressive behavior which is socially non-acceptable, turbulent, and often destructive. It is precipitated by frustrations, hostility, prejudices, etc.

Descriptor ID	D014754
MeSH Number(s)	I01.198.240.856 I01.880.735.900
Concept/Terms	Violence Violence Atrocities Atrocities Assaultive Behavior Assaultive Behavior Behavior, Assaultive

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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Criminology [I01.198]
Crime [I01.198.240]
Violence [I01.198.240.856]
Sociology [I01.880]
Social Problems [I01.880.735]
Violence [I01.880.735.900]

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Bar chart showing 133 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2006

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	1	0	1
1996	2	1	3
1998	2	1	3
2000	5	0	5
2001	0	2	2
2002	2	0	2
2003	1	1	2
2004	4	2	6
2005	8	1	9
2006	10	3	13
2007	2	2	4
2008	7	1	8
2009	2	3	5
2010	2	0	2
2011	5	1	6
2012	5	0	5
2013	4	1	5
2014	10	2	12
2015	4	1	5
2016	7	2	9
2017	1	4	5
2018	3	0	3
2019	3	0	3
2020	1	2	3
2021	2	0	2
2022	0	3	3
2023	1	2	3
2024	1	2	3
2025	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Violence" by people in Profiles.

Swanson J, Easter M, Stenger M, Goodrich J, Gardner B, Zelle H, Bonnie R. Firearm Disqualification and Rights Restoration Among Adults with Mental Illness in Virginia. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2025 Sep 03; 53(3):273-286.

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Cohn JR, Perrault RT, Cicero DC, Vincent GM. The structured assessment of violence risk in youth demonstrates measurement invariance between Black and White justice-referred youths. Law Hum Behav. 2024 Oct-Dec; 48(5-6):415-426.

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Kapoor R, Viereck B, Lin HJ, Swanson JW, Easter MM, Baranoski MV, Zeoli AM, Frattaroli S, Norko MA. Extreme Risk Protection Orders in Connecticut, 2013-2020. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2024 06 04; 52(2):165-175.

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Allen CH, Gullapalli AR, Milillo M, Ulrich DM, Rodriguez SN, Maurer JM, Aharoni E, Anderson NE, Harenski CL, Vincent GM, Kiehl KA. Psychopathy Scores Predict Recidivism in High-risk Youth: A Five-year Follow-up Study. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol. 2024 07; 52(7):1089-1103.

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Caves Sivaraman J, Tong G, Easter M, Swanson J, Copeland W. Violent Experiences and Patterns of Firearm Ownership From Childhood to Young Adulthood. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 10 02; 6(10):e2336907.

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Flannery RB, Flannery GJ. Characteristics of International Assaultive Psychiatric Patients: Review of Published Findings, 2017-2022. Psychiatr Q. 2023 Dec; 94(4):559-568.

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Arenson M, Forkey H. Violence Exposure and Trauma-Informed Care. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2023 12; 70(6):1183-1200.

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Stanford KA, Macias-Konstantopoulos W, Linden J, Agrawal P, Cortes E, Barron RJ, Stoklosa H, Dekker AM, Paxton J, Knack S, Sharp WW. SAEM Response to the National Institutes of Health request for information: Future directions in violence against women research. Acad Emerg Med. 2023 11; 30(11):1161-1167.

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Flannery RB, Flannery GJ. Characteristics of International Staff Victims of Psychiatric Patient Assaults: Review of Published Findings, 2017-2022. Psychiatr Q. 2023 03; 94(1):79-88.

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Zeoli AM, Frattaroli S, Barnard L, Bowen A, Christy A, Easter M, Kapoor R, Knoepke C, Ma W, Molocznik A, Norko M, Omaki E, Paruk JK, Pear VA, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Schleimer JP, Swanson JW, Wintemute GJ. Extreme risk protection orders in response to threats of multiple victim/mass shooting in six U.S. states: A descriptive study. Prev Med. 2022 12; 165(Pt A):107304.

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