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Assault
An attack on a person or persons which may include, but are not limited to, verbal, physical or sexual acts.
Bullying
Repeated aggression, verbal, psychological or physical, racial, sexual or relational, conducted by an individual or group against others.
Coercion
To threaten or to use force to get someone to do something they do not want to do.
Financial abuse
A situation in which someone harms another person in ways that relate to money.
Institutional abuse
Mistreatment of a person due to the practices of an organisation.
Intimidation
To coerce someone in a threatening or frightening manner in order to persuade them to act according to your wishes.
Neglect
The act of intentionally or unintentionally not providing care or support to a person.
Peer abuse
Abuse that is perpetrated upon one service user by another service user.
Perpetrator
A person who caused abuse to someone else.
Preliminary screening (abuse)
A process to establish if there are reasonable grounds for concern.
Preliminary screening form
The prescribed document used to gather information about a safeguarding concern or abuse allegation.
Psychological abuse
Behaviour that is psychologically harmful of another person and which inflicts anxiety or mental distress by threat, humiliation or other verbal/nonverbal conduct.