The Societal Violence Scale is coded on a 5-point scale where:
1 - Societal violence is limited in scope and severity, with relatively few victims and few perpetrators.
2 - Societal violence is a problem, affecting a significant number of victims, albeit across few victim categories and of a less severe nature.
3 - Societal violence is widespread and serious in nature. It affects a significant number of people across several victim categories.
4 - Societal violence is pervasive in scope, severe in nature, assumes a variety of forms and affects a large proportion of the population typically across several victim categories and perpetrators.
5 - Societal violence is ubiquitous in scope, egregious in nature and assumes a variety of forms. If affects a large proportion of the population, commonly crossing numerous victim groups and perpetrators.
Type of variable: Categorical
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