A approach towards criminology and forms of violence

The multiple level of violence from individual to community is one of the biggest problem today. In general violence is seen from 'codified law' point of view but legal dictionary limits the gravity of violence and defines it in terms of punishable offence with objective to stop it. Michel Foucault had said ''whatever we are seeing natural is not actually normal", by applying this logic on cause of violence we can say that violence prima facie appears  very clear and  self-contained accreditation but in reality violence is result of thought. In this context we can agree with Anastasia Stanko who said " violence is not definite, it is like this and it will remain like this". Despite this conceptual  problem  violence could be understood by classifications given by Johan Galtung. Galtung has said violence has three types: Evident, Structural and Cultural.

Evident form of violence:

There is no limit of violence and at last this ends with abstinence. The reason for this is at time of making decision of wrong and right, violence comes in favour of right and conclusion comes with decision whom should be punished and who should be freed. When this form of violence is used it takes shape of institutional mechanism and is used for solution of any problem. Evident form of violence is seen in contemporary society and politics when the feeling of hate rises for greed.

Structural form of violence:

In modern world structural violence could be seen as centralization of power, industrialization and exploitation of certain class of people. Philosophers have termed this violence as structural violence. This is violation of principles of human morality which contemporary society is trying to overlook. Political and economic centralization is also form of structural violence and to curb two step should be taken immediately: 1) Decentralization of polity (i.e., Gram panchayat) and economy (i.e., Gram Swaraj). The purpose of this is to remove exploitation and make society free from structural violence. This leadership does not mean to impose any thought on others but make balance between development and voice of common people.

Cultural form of violence:

In contemporary world there are many dimensions of violence in which one from is exploitation. This kind of multi-dimensional violence impacts on specific class of people and then on overall society which has been seen in colonial times. This gives sign of Psychological, Linguistic, sociopolitical and economic violence which impacts overall society. Cultural violence is not evident but it is present under framework and systems of society. This turn out when any political, religious warfare comes into picture like terrorism.