Many feminist groups and public officials have characterized the massacre as an anti-feminist attack that is representative of wider societal violence against women.

Her installation pieces, which can be surprisingly lovely to look at, touch on themes that include societal violence, childhood, memory and history, often with an elegiac gentleness.

Violent crime, however, is a serious concern due to endemic poverty, an abundance of weapons, a legacy of societal violence, and dysfunctional law enforcement and judicial systems.

Richard Rhodes' Why They Kill describes Athens' observations about domestic and societal violence in the criminals' backgrounds.

Violence and brutality in prisons have been overlooked as direct causal effects of societal violence.

Some scholars have claimed that the evidence clearly supports a causal relationship between media violence and societal violence.

As societal violence made its way into the schools, student safety became a concern.

In its annual human rights reports for 1999, the United States Department of State criticised India for "increasing societal violence against Christians."

There was no evidence of societal violence, societal discrimination, or systematic government discrimination based on sexual orientation.

According to Dr. Craig A. Anderson, video game violence is not the primary contributor to societal violence, however, as there are many other factors at play.