Criminal Justice Resources :
Workplace Violence
Workplace violence, according to a recent study by Encino, CA based security consultant
firm Pinkerton, costs employers at least $36 billion annually. Source: Regina Raiford, "An Ounce of Prevention", Buildings, Vol. 93, Issue 3, March 1999, 64-70.
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"The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health reports that in 1992, 750 employees were killed in the workplace, in 1993 that number rose to 1063, 1994's total was 1471, although 1995 showed a slight decrease, 1262 homicides in the workplace, it is still a serious problem. Homicide is the third leading cause of workplace fatalities and is the leading cause of death
for women in the workplace. Last year, two million people were physically attacked in the workplace, six million were threatened, and 16 million were harassed. The problem is even more serious since only half of workplace victimizations are reported. Under the 1974 Health and Safety Act and the 1992 Health and Safety At Work Regulations, companies are legally
required to assess and provide a safe work environment. This research provides typical workplace killer profiles, characteristics of disgruntled employees, motivations for violent actions and factors which contribute to the problem." Source: "The New War Zone: The Workplace", S. A. M. Advance Management Journal, Volume 63, Issue 1, Winter 1998, p.15-20.
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Proquest subject headings: workplace violence, murders and murder attempts.
OSHA Workplace Violence Home Page
Corporate Liability: Sharing the Blame for Workplace Violence
Cost of Workplace Violence to American Business
Dealing With Workplace Violence
Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Health Care and Social Service Workers
Guidelines for Workplace Violence Prevention Programs for Night Retail Establishments
Positive Steps for Screening Out Workplace Violence
Preventing Workplace Violence in the Workplace
Preventing Workplace Violence: Management Considerations
Report of the United States Postal Commission on a Safe and Secure Workplace
Violence in the Workplace: A View from California
Work-Related Homicides: The Facts
Workplace Violence: an Employer's Guide
Workplace Violence Programs in Leading Edge Companies
Books Available in the MSU Libraries
New Arenas For Violence: Homicide in the American Workplace
Profiling the Lethal Employee: Case Studies of Violence in the Workplace
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Corporate Liability: Sharing the Blame for Workplace Violence
http://web.archive.org/web/20041031012533/
http://www.noworkviolence.com/articles/corporate_liability.htm
By Steve Kauffer, Workplace Violence Research Institute. Use Mozilla Firefox for best results.
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Cost of Workplace Violence to American Business
http://web.archive.org/web/20041031012941/
http://www.noworkviolence.com/articles/cost_of_workplace_violence.htm
By Steve Kaufer, CPP and Jurg W. Mattman, CPP , Workplace Violence Research Institute. Use Mozilla Firefox for best results.
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Dealing with Workplace Violence:
A Guide for Agency Planners
https://www.opm.gov/employment_and_benefits/worklife/OfficialDocuments/handbooksguides/WorkplaceViolence/index.asp
This handbook, developed by the Office of Personnel Management and the Interagency Working Group on Violence in the Workplace, is the result of a cooperative effort of many Federal agencies sharing their expertise in preventing and dealing with workplace violence. It is intended to assist those who are responsible for establishing workplace violence initiatives at their agencies. However, we anticipate that its usefulness will extend well beyond the planning phase since many of the chapters provide information that can be helpful for managers and specialists as they deal with difficult workplace violence situations.
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Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Health Care and Social Service Workers - OSHA 3148 - 1996
http://www.securitymanagement.com/library/000247.html
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Guidelines for Workplace Violence Prevention Programs for Night Retail Establishments
http://www.securitymanagement.com/library/000246.html
(Last checked 12/05/12)
New Arenas For Violence: Homicide in the American Workplace (Book)
Available in the MSU Main Library Stacks under the call number HF5549.5.E43 K45 1996
This book by Michael D. Kelleher examines the history, nature, and causal factors of occupational homicide--murder in the workplace--with a view to the development of a comprehensive understanding of the issue and the introduction of prevention measures designed to establish a safer work environment for the American worker. Through the analysis of a number of actual incidents of homicide, the author constructs a new framework for understanding occupational homicide and its perpetrators. Kelleher develops a new method of categorizing and evaluating crimes of this sort and offers an invaluable profile of the potentially violent worker or client. The book concludes with a compendium of prevention methodologies that are both practical and applicable to a wide variety of workplace environments. Praeger Publishers. Westport, Conn. 1996. 208 pages.
OSHA Workplace Violence Home Page
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/workplaceviolence/index.html
Workplace violence has emerged as an important safety and health issue in today's workplace. Its most extreme form, homicide, is the second leading cause of fatal occupational injury in the United States. Nearly 1,000 workers are murdered, and 1.5 million are assaulted in the workplace each year. Collection of resources from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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Positive Steps for Screening Out Workplace Violence
http://web.archive.org/web/20041031021414/
http://www.noworkviolence.com/articles/screening_out_workplace.htm
Security Services Magazine, January 1994. Use Mozilla Firefox for best results.
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Preventing Violence in the Workplace
http://web.archive.org/web/20041117092907/
http://www.noworkviolence.com/articles/preventing_violence.htm
By Jurg W. Mattman, Workplace Violence Research Institute. Use Mozilla Firefox for best results.
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Preventing Workplace Violence: Management Considerations
http://web.archive.org/web/20051201155521/http://www.protect-mgmt.com/library/wpv.html
Unfortunately, workplace violence isn't limited to the occasional murder rampage in a government building. It can and does happen anywhere. Every business regardless of its size and type should have a workplace violence program in place. Robert A. Gardner, California Labor Letter, April 1993. Use Mozilla Firefox for best results.
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Profiling the Lethal Employee: Case Studies of Violence in the Workplace
Available in the MSU Main Library under the call number HF5549.5.E43 K448 1997
In this exploration of new possibilities for the reduction of workplace violence and occupational homicide within a variety of work environments, Michael D. Kelleher examines the crimes of the lethal employee or ex-employee and develops a profile of characteristics and behaviors often associated with workplace violence or murder. This profile, in turn, can be used to recognize potential violence before it occurs, allowing employers to devise early and effective intervention strategies. The author develops the profile of the potentially lethal employee through behavioral science models and an analysis of case histories of incidents of occupational homicide. Praeger Publishers. Westport, Conn. 1997. 176 pages.
Report of the United States Postal Commission on a Safe and Secure Workplace
http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps12068/33994.pdf
August 2000.
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Violence in the Workplace: A View from California
http://web.archive.org/web/20040604002223/
http://aftab.com/daleart.htm
It is a sad and frightening fact that in California, as well as a number of other states, workplace violence is the leading cause of employee fatalities. The term "going postal" has now become an accepted part of our everyday language. As part of our continuing commitment to serving your needs, Carrick & Dale would like to highlight some of the responsibilities and remedies that you, as an employer, may not be aware of. This is not intended as an
exhaustive thesis on workplace violence, but rather, as a big picture overview of today's unfortunately violent workplace.
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Work-Related Homicides: The Facts
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/archive/spring2000art1.pdf
Work-related homicides decreased 18 percent from 1997 to 1998, and 34 percent from 1994 to 1998. Contrary to popular belief, the majority of these incidents are not crimes of passion committed by disgruntled coworkers and spouses, but rather result from robberies. Eric F. Sygnatur and Guy A. Tuscano, Economists in the Office of Safety, Health, and Working Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Source: Compensation and Working Conditions Online, Spring 2000, Vol. 5, No. 1
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Workplace Violence: An Employer's Guide
http://web.archive.org/web/20041031014302/
http://www.noworkviolence.com/articles/employers_guide.htm
By Steve Kaufer, CPP and Jurg W. Mattman, CPP, Workplace Violence Research Institute.
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Workplace Violence Programs in Leading Edge Companies
http://www.cj.msu.edu/~outreach/security/violtsum.html
One of the most vexing problems companies face is evaluating the performance and effectiveness of their workplace violence prevention programs. An extremely important tool in the evaluation process is benchmarking--comparing one program against others known for their high quality. One way to use benchmarking is to identify the variety of programs used by leading-edge
companies, and to check a company's program against the comprehensive listing. The listing provides a point of reference that can be used as a checkpoint for assessing company programs to deal with violent or threatening behavior in the workplace. Merry Morash, Ph.D.; Barbara Vitoratos; and Tracy O'Connell, M.S., Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice.
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