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  2. Intimidation - Wikipedia

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    Acted intimidation in professional wrestling. Intimidation is a behaviour and legal wrong which usually involves deterring or coercing an individual by threat of violence. [1] [2] It is in various jurisdictions a crime and a civil wrong . Intimidation is similar to menacing, coercion, terrorizing [3] and assault in the traditional sense. [note 1]

  3. Threat - Wikipedia

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    Threats can be subtle or overt. Actor Justus D. Barnes in The Great Train Robbery. A threat is a communication of intent to inflict harm or loss on another person. [1] [2] Intimidation is a tactic used between conflicting parties to make the other timid or psychologically insecure for coercion or control.

  4. Crime prevention - Wikipedia

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    Tertiary prevention is used after a crime has occurred in order to prevent successive incidents. Such measures can be seen in the implementation of new security policies following acts of terrorism such as the September 11, 2001 attacks. Situational crime prevention uses techniques focusing on reducing on the opportunity to commit a crime. Some ...

  5. Bullying - Wikipedia

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    Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing, comments, or threats, in order to abuse, aggressively dominate, or intimidate one or more others. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception (by the bully or by others) that an imbalance of physical or social power exists or is currently present.

  6. Criminal psychology - Wikipedia

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    appearance of the crime scene (disorganized versus organized). The process of interpreting the behavior observed at a crime scene is briefly discussed. [18] In a 2017 article by Pew Research Center, it was found that federal and state prisons in the United States held 475,900 inmates who were African American and 436,500 who were white. [19]

  7. Rational choice theory (criminology) - Wikipedia

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    Rational choice modeling has a long history in criminology.This method was designed by Cornish and Clarke to assist in thinking about situational crime prevention. [1] In this context, the belief that crime generally reflects rational decision-making by potential criminals is sometimes called the rational choice theory of crime.

  8. Crime pattern theory - Wikipedia

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    Crime pattern theory focuses primarily on individuals and not on groups. Statistically, a large amount of crime is committed in groups. [citation needed] Consequently, crime pattern theory is often criticized for being too focused on individuals instead of groups. Crime prevention implications: One way this can be used to help prevent crime ...

  9. Harassment - Wikipedia

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    Harassment is a specific form of discrimination, [2] [3] and occurs when a person is the victim of unwanted intimidating, offensive, or humiliating behavior. To qualify as harassment, there must be a connection between the harassing behavior and a person's protected personal characteristics or prohibited grounds of discrimination, and the ...