Examples of incidents at different level of harm and intent

Harm-intent category	Example of an incident at each harm-intent level (person displaying relevant behavior is underlined and the rationale for the intent rating is shown in parentheses following the incident description)
Minor nonphysical, defensive intent (female) plus minor physical, definite intent (male)	A male patron was seen brushing his hand across the bare midriff of a female patron who was walking by. She suddenly stopped and placed her hand within inches of his face, apparently signaling that she wanted him to get away from her. (the male was rated definite intent because of the invasiveness of the act and the female defensive because her act was judged no more than was necessary for self-defense)
Minor nonphysical, probable intent	A male patron who appeared somewhat intoxicated jumped onto a thin plank between the backs of two benches and began to dance apparently trying to show off for his friends. A staff member motioned for him to get down which he did. About 20 seconds later, however, the patron looked around for the staff member and, when he did not see him, jumped back up on the plank and began dancing again. (the patron’s behavior was coded as aggressive rule breaking because of his continuing to rule break after being asked to stop, with probable(not definite) intent because his intoxication level made it uncertain whether any harm was intended)
Moderate nonphysical, probable intent	A male patron grabbed his male friend by the arm and said, “Hey, you see her!? You checking her out!? [about a female on the dance floor] You should be dancing up on that shit, man!” The second male indicated that he did not want to approach the female. The first male continued to pester and push his friend, saying, “C’mon man! What’s your problem? Go dance with her! What? Aren’t you a real man?” (the first man appeared to be bullying but was rated only probable rather than definite intent because it was not certain that he intended harm to his friend)
Moderate nonphysical, definite intent	Two groups of about 8 patrons divided by a pool table were arguing angrily using obscenities and taking threatening steps toward one another. At one point, one man was held back by his friend while he exchanged a few loud words with another man. Staff intervened, settling the group down and asked some of the men to leave (clearly threatening and aggressive behavior by the men who were arguing with no reason to doubt intent).
Minor physical, defensive intent (female), probable intent (male)	A male patron who was conspicuously staring at all single females who passed him on the way to the dance floor, grabbed the hand of one passing female and pulled her toward him. The female grimaced and pulled her hand away. (male rated probable on intent rather than definite because he may have intended to initiate friendly contact with a female, the female was rated defensive intent because her action was judged no more than necessary for self-defense)
Minor physical with moderate-severe nonphysical, probable intent	An intoxicated male stumbled into a female causing her to fall from her stool. A second female who saw the incident jumped up and grabbed the man’s arm and spoke very aggressively to him. She appeared upset and angry with the man and was waving her hand adamantly, telling him off. (the female who intervened was rated probable rather than defensive because her actions appeared to be more aggressive than necessary to defend her friend, but she was not rated definite intent because of the defensive aspect of her behavior in that she was apparently trying to prevent the male from causing more serious harm)
Minor physical with moderate-severe nonphysical, definite intent (first male) plus minor nonphysical, definite intent (second male)	When the male of a male-female couple left to go to the restroom, a second male sat down with the female and began talking to her. When the first male returned to the table, he yelled at the second male “Why are you butting in on my table?!” “Get the fuck out of the chair!” The second male scowled and said something back. A staff member got between the two males with one hand on each chest saying “Cut it out you guys!” He yelled at the first male, telling him to “Sit down!” The second male had a mocking grin that infuriated the first male who kept trying to get to the second male by swiping the staff member’s hand away in order to move around him. The staff member lightly grabbed the first man’s arm but the man pulled it away, clenched it into a fist and yelled, “Get your hands off me. I’ll pop you one! Don’t you fucking touch me!” Eventually the staff member was able to calm the man down. (first male clearly exhibited definite intent both toward the other male and the staff member; the second man was also rated as definite intent because of his purposely taunting behavior)
Moderate physical, defensive intent (two male interveners) plus severe physical, definite intent (the two fighters)	Two males were in a heated argument at the front of the taxi line up outside the bar. They began to shove each other back and forth and then started punching each other. Two other males pulled on the second man’s waist to remove him from the grasp of the first man, but the first man overpowered their attempt to remove the second man . He repeatedly kneed the second man in the face and chest approximately 12-15 times with great force. Finally, a friend of the first man pulled him away. While the friend pulled the first man away, the second man was shouting “ you wanna fuck with me?” Although he looked visibly shaken by the incident, he was smiling, but was also bent forward apparently in pain. (the two men who grabbed the second man in order to pull him away from the first man who was hitting him were rated as defensive intent because their acts were no more than necessary to try to prevent men from fighting; the two males actually in the fight were rated severe aggression, definite intent)
Moderate physical, probable intent	One male forcefully pushed his friend. Though it was a forceful push, it was clearly horseplay. The two men then began to push each other back and forth about 5 times (still horseplay) until one of the men who was quite intoxicated stumbled backwards and fell into the seat of a booth. When he got up, he walked over to the other man and put him in a head lock and kept attempting to provoke him and push him, not in a hurtful way, but apparently to egg him on to fight. His friend defended himself but did not respond, and the incident ended. (the man who put his friend in a headlock was rated probable on intent because his persistence indicated more aggression than mutual horseplay; however, the horseplay element made definite intent uncertain)
Moderate physical, definite intent	Two men were pushing each other’s chests beside the dance floor. One man then pushed the other harder (in the chest) moving the second man back 5-6 feet. The two men looked at each other for a few seconds and then the second man turned around and walked a few steps away. (the pushing by both men was clearly aggressive with no reason to doubt aggressive intent).
Moderate physical with moderate-severe nonphysical, defensive intent	A man was trying to move towards the bar but a second man was standing in front of him, forcibly holding him back and pushing him toward the door. The first man was pushing and struggling aggressively, and the two men were yelling at each other. Two other men assisted in holding the first man back. (the second man was rated defensive intent because his pushing and yelling seemed to be to protect his friend from attacking someone at the bar).
Moderate physical with moderate-severe nonphysical, probable intent	Two men were outside the bar yelling at the staff. A female friend shoved one of the males quite hard with both hands on his chest and screamed at him. (because the level of aggression displayed by the female appeared to be more than necessary for the situation, she was rated probable intent rather than defensive intent in her attempt to stop the male from arguing with bar staff).
Moderate physical with moderate-severe nonphysical, definite intent	A scuffle broke out on the dance floor which mainly involved patrons pushing each other and some trying to restrain others. One man grabbed another man around the shoulders/neck and began yelling in his face. After the two men pushed and shoved each other for about 30 seconds, staff and other patrons separated and restrained them. (the man’s behavior appeared to be clearly aggressive with intent to harm)
Severe physical, probable intent	Among a group of males who were drinking heavily, two males were engaged in intermittent mild horseplay. Suddenly one of the males, with his fists held together as a battering ram, slammed into the chest of the smaller male. The force of the blast, coupled with extreme drunkenness and the complete surprise of the blow, sent the other male flying off of his feet and backwards through the air several feet landing squarely on his back. (the man’s behavior was rated probable rather than definite even though he would have caused pain to the other man because he may have intended the act as part of horseplay and used more force than intended because of intoxication )