Targeted violence definition
Targeted violence means a premeditated act of violence directed at a specific individual, group, or location regardless of motivation and generally unrelated to other criminal activity.
Targeted violence means an incident of physical violence in which both the perpetrator and targets are identified or identifiable prior to the incident.
Examples of Targeted violence in a sentence
Within the context of insurgent conflict, Sambanis, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ and Shayo (2012, 805) suggest that “As violence hardens group identities, counterinsurgency, which necessarily involves the use of force to secure territory, can strengthen the power of ethnic and/or local parochialism against efforts to gain the allegiance of the population.” Targeted violence against an in- group at the hands of an out-group can increase the salience of in-group identity.