Violence is severe, but is more psychological than gory. There are descriptions of severe violent acts against children.
Violence is infrequent, but quite disturbing and severe when it happens.
The series doesn't focus on violence, and even when it happens (with some blood), it is never graphic or gory. However, it is never glorified and is presented in a realistic and quite harrowing way.
A girl is found unconscious and beaten in a shed and left to freeze to death, but is saved. No blood is present, but the girl is barely dressed and severely bruised. The scene is extremely disturbing and horrifying.
Infrequent violence with mild to moderate blood
Less violent than other psychological thrillers. Severe violence against children is a main theme though.
More focus on the emotional impact than on the violence
There is graphic child abuse present in many of the episodes.
A man kidnaps children and brutally kills them.
A woman forces a young girl's head under icy water to make her bruises go away (to hide the fact that she has been abusing her). The young girl is shown struggling and gasping for air, nearly drowning.
A young girl is shown with bruises all over her body.
A teen girl punches a man in the face, blood and bruises are seen.
A teen girl's house is set on fire by an unknown assailant. She collapses from lack of oxygen, but a man manages to get her out in time. Stressful and intense.
A young boy attempts to kill a woman by pushing her down the stairs, but is stopped by another boy.
A woman attempts to beat her daughter with a shovel, another woman stops her.
A man attempts to force another man to kill himself.
It's stated that a young girl was kidnapped by a man, and then froze to death.
A woman is stabbed to death. Graphic and extremely emotional.
A child is locked in a car that had been driven into a river, an adult watches him drown. Intense scene, especially given that after the child passes out the episode ends.
After a stand off, a woman is beaten with a shovel.
A flashback shows a woman with an abusive husband. We see blood as she's beaten and a lot of bruises and bandages. She then starts abusing a little girl (her daughter) out of completely blind anger.
A man threatens to poison a young girl, but ultimately fails.