Structural Violence

Structural Violence refers to injustices perpetrated against individuals/groups (human or otherwise) that we can discern in the realm of structures/institutions, rules, or practices. These are process-oriented.
An obvious example would be South Africa’s apartheid system that categorized people based on their ethnicity–a categorization that resulted in the withholding or granting of privileges in society based on ethnicity (and for the native African one that had existential consequences). Another might be when insurance companies link the academic performance of high school students with insurance rates or when they link insurance rates with one’s credit rating. A third might be “three strikes”
laws in some states.