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Perceptions Of Violence & Aggression (Over Last 5 Years)

This questionaire will ask you about your views & experiences concerning violence and aggression. It will take about 5 minutes to complete and you will not be asked for any contact details.

Instructions For The Questionnaire Throughout the questionnaire certain classifications are used to refer to certain types of aggressive and violent behavior. Their definitions are provided below: verbal abuse - threats, shouting, intimidating language etc verbal abuse with contact - threats, shouting, intimidating language etc, combined with pushing, grabbing (non physically harmful actions) etc physical assault - punches, kicks, chokes, headlocks etc where the aggressor is attempting to cause physical harm and injury threat with a weapon - use of a knife, gun etc in a threatening manner which in itself is not causing physical harm e.g. having a knife held at the throat assault with a weapon - use of a knife, gun etc to cause actual harm e.g. being shot, stabbed etc

1. Please choose the options, which best describe the number of aggressive/violent incidents that you have WINESSED FIRST HAND (and that you haven’t been directly involved in) in the last 5 years:

Never Once 2-3 Times 4-5 Times 5 Or More Times verbal abuse verbal abuse with contact physical assault threat with weapon assault with a weapon

2. Please choose the options, which best describes the extent/degree to which you believe the following types of aggression and violence have increased in society during the past 5 years:

Not At All Somewhat Significantly Dramatically verbal abuse verbal abuse with contact physical assault threat with a weapon assault with a weapon

3. Please choose the options, which best describes the frequency with which you think about possibly being involved in the following types of aggressive/violent situations:

Never Daily Weekly Monthly verbal abuse verbal abuse with contact physical assault threat with a weapon assault with a weapon

4. Please choose the options, which best describes the age group which is MOST LIKELY to be responsible for the following aggressive and violent acts:

Under 14 years 15 - 19 years 20 - 29 years 30 - 39 years 40 - 49 years Over 50 years verbal abuse verbal abuse with contact physical assault threat with weapon assault with a weapon

5. Please choose the options, which best describes the location where you believe you are MOST LIKELY to be involved in the following aggressive and violent situations: open/public space - e.g. park, recreation ground, waste ground etc public transport - e.g. buses, trams, subway trains, trains etc commercial streets - e.g. shopping districts, malls, streets with mainly shops etc places of entertainment - e.g. bars, pubs, clubs, restaurants, cinemas etc residential streets - e.g. streets on which people live, residential districts etc private places & homes - e.g. your own home, someone elses, any place not open to general public excluding private places of entertainment work - e.g. the place where you work, except those areas covered by the above definitions

open/public space public transport commercial streets places of entertainment residential streets private places & homes at work verbal abuse verbal abuse with contact physical assault threat with weapon assault with a weapon

6. Please choose an option which best describes how well you think you would handle the following situations

badly moderately well very well a person verbally abusing you (no physical contact) a person verbally abusing you with physical contact a person physically assaulting you a person threatening you with a weapon a person assaulting you with a weapon

7. Please choose the option that best describes the time you have spent, in the last 5 years, practising a martial arts or self defense system:

none or less than 1 month

1 - 6 months

6 months - 1 year

1 - 3 years

3 - 5 years

8. Please choose the geographic region/continent where you live (the second box will be populated with a country. For US Citizens, once you have selected USA, the same box will be populated with a list of states) :

Select Country Or Region USA Canada & Greenland UK Poland Australia Rest Of Europe Middle East South America Australasia Asia Central America Africa

9. Please choose the option which best describes the area in which you live:

City Centre

City Suburbs/Surrounding Areas

Town Centre

Town Suburbs/Surrounding Areas

Village

10. Please choose the option which best describes your living arrangements

live alone

live with partner/spouse (no children)

live with partner/spouse with children

live with friends

live with other people

live with parents/family

11. Please choose the option that best describes your gender:

Female

Male

Other

12. Please choose the option that best describes your age group:

Under 14 Years Of Age

15-19 Years Of Age

20-29 Years Of Age

30-39 Years Of Age

40-49 Years Of Age

50 + Years Of Age

13. Please choose the option that best describes your professional occupation/position:

higher level managerial, administrative or professional etc

intermediate managerial, administrative or professional etc

supervisory or clerical, junior managerial, administrative or professional

skilled manual worker

casual or manual worker

on state benefit - pension, medical or long term unemployed

full time student

14. Please select the option which best describes your education:

some high school

high school

college

university/master

doctor

professor

other

15. On a scale of 1-5 (5 being the highest i.e. 'very' and 1 being the lowest i.e. 'not at all') please rate yourself in the following areas:

1 2 3 4 5 how outgoing you are how optimistic you are how ready to compromise you are how spontaneous you are how open to new experiences you are

This is the end of the questionnaire. Please press the 'Submit' button below to save the results.