Dr. Bruce Hoffman has argued that failing to differentiate between state and non-state violence ignores the fact that there is a "fundamental qualitative difference between the two types of violence."
” 布鲁斯·霍夫曼博士认为，无法分清国家和非国家暴力会导致忽略一个事实，即“这两种暴力间的本质不同”。