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| Burning of skin to create a scar, usually in a desired design (scarification). |
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| Repeatedly aggressive behavior intended to cause physical or emotional harm that exists in a relationship with an imbalance of power. |
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| A reaction in which an organic compound, containing carbonyl (CO) and hydroxyl (OH) groups, coordinates with a metal to form a firmly bound ring-like structure. |
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| The exploitation of a child for the sexual gratification of an adult. |
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| Creating a break in the skin to result in a scar, usually in a desired design. |
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| Socially aggressive and often anonymous targeting of a child or adolescent via Internet posting or other digital technology; the youth victim is threatened, tormented, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed, or excluded from communication; personal information may be disclosed or fabricated; offensive messages may be sent, or harmful messages sent out under the target person's name. |
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| Monumental occurrences involving serious and massive events that impact many people and are beyond the community's ability to manage. |
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| Shaming, ridiculing, embarrassing, or insulting a child. |
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| A caretaker's inability to meet the psychosocial needs of a child. |
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| The experience that a person has in attempting to understand or adapt to a culture that is fundamentally different from his or her own culture. |
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| An activity that is forced upon an individual, causes humiliation, and is required for membership in an organization or group. |
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| Sexual attraction to people of the same sex. |
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| Sexual activity between close family members so that marriage between them would be legally or culturally prohibited. |
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| Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning. |
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| Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered. |
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| The deliberate maltreatment of another individual that inflicts pain or injury and may result in temporary or permanent disfigurement or even death. |
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| The deliberate withholding of or failure to provide the necessary and available resources to a child. |
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| Natural or synthetic chemicals not metabolically produced by an organism. |
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| Damaging or poisonous chemicals produced by metabolism or an organism. |
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| Threatened or actual use of physical force that leads to potential or actual physical or emotional trauma. |
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