What is lateral violence?
Definition: Lateral violence
Lateral violence is a term that describes the way people in positions of powerlessness, covertly or overtly direct their dissatisfaction inward toward each other, toward themselves, and toward those less powerful than themselves.
Source: Bullying & lateral violence - Creative Spirits, retrieved from https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/people/bullying-lateral-violence
2011-Aboriginal-Lateral-Violence.pdf (cyfn.ca)