Poster #34

Mapping Perceptions of Justifiability of Violence across Asia

By: Seunghoon Paik, M.A., Ph.D. Co-authored by Jingyeong Song, B.A., and Kathrine Sullivan, Ph.D., M.S.W

Abstract:

Violence is increasing in Asia. However, limited research exists on the prevalence and types of violence across Asian regions and countries; comprehensive study on a continental-scale in Asia has been understudied. Guided by the World Health Organization’s definition of violence, this study used World Values Survey Wave 7 (n=35,435) to map the perceptions of the justifiability of three categories of violence (self-inflicted, interpersonal, collective) with five subtypes (suicide, intimate partner violence against wife, child abuse, violence towards other people, political violence) in six regions and 24 countries in Asia. Findings indicate that perceptions of the justifiability of violence are significantly different across regions in Asia. Further, perceptions of the justifiability of various types of violence differed across Asian countries. Considering the complexity and diversity of violence across Asian regions and countries, this study may be a cornerstone for violence research in Asia.

Seunghoon Paik

Seunghoon Paik is a Researcher at the Institute for Middle Eastern Studies of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul. He is also a cooperative professor at Korea National Diplomatic Academy and an advisory committee member of National Intelligence Service. He was an Assistant Researcher at the Department of European & African Studies, Institute of Foreign Affairs & National Security (IFANS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Seoul, Korea.

He holds a PhD in International Relations at Durham University and M.A. in Middle East politics from Graduate School of International and Area Studies(GSIAS) at HUFS.