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| the use of physical force to cause pain, injury, death, or damage to property. |
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| What is a Social Problem? |
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| is a social condition (such as poverty)or a pattern of behaviour (such as violence against women) that people believe warrants public concern and collective action to bring about change |
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| a large number of individuals who share the same geographical territory and are subject to the same political authority and dominant culture expectations |
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| actions or practices of dominant group members that have harmful impacts on members of subordinate groups |
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- disproportionately at the top of societal hierarchy
- has maximal access to the society's power resources, particularly political authority and control of the means of economic production |
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| also known as minority group, do not occupy positions of power |
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| an act of violence motivated by prejudice against people on the basis of racialized identity, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation |
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