Ed Huntress wrote:

"Guido"

In the UK violent offences consist of: violence against the
person, sexual offences, and robbery. Page 26 of link.
Common assault is defined as one of the crimes of violence
against a person. Page 161 of link.
http://www.official-documents.co.uk/.../5696/5696.pdf


Thanks, Guido. I don't see a description there, though. The question is how
the laws against simple assault are imposed and enforced, actually.


Sorry I don't understand what you mean by the phrase 'simple
assault' if it doesn't mean the same thing as 'common assault'.