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collective violence  

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  • Collective violence is the handling of a grievance by group aggression against persons or property. Although states engage in violence in wars, police operations, and the punishment of criminals, most social scientists regard collective violence as aggression by civilians. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Problems; Violence, Collective]

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