Since workplace risk assessment frequently involves the potential of targeted violence, the procedures are discussed within the U.S. Secret Service framework for analyzing targeted violence.doi:10.1300/J177v01n02_01George E. HargraveTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Threat Assessment...
Instead, it describes SW’ violence- and drug use-related situation since the COVID-19 lockdown that took place in Switzerland in March 2020. Nevertheless, SW’ drug consumption can be compared with that in former years, as previous studies have been conducted that show a rather low ...
In this chapter we will discuss workplace violence indicators, warning signs, and, most important, how to assess your workplace for risks and vulnerabilities related to violence. Also included is information on establishing a threat assessment team, prevention strategies, training, and liability ...
Workplace violence is a daily threat to workers in many industries. Aside from mass shootings, which grab headlines, more than 2 million workers are victims of violence every year. The issue is a challenge for employers striving to maintain a safe working environment for their employees. By und...
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Generally perpetrated by an employee, either former or current, on another employee, this workplace violence often arises from work-related disagreements and interpersonal conflicts. Employees at all levels, including managers, are vulnerable to it.Sexual harassmentis a common example of worker-on-work...
Mass media, business, security, and government publications routinely highlight the incidents of workplace violence, yet little research has examined these incidents for gender similarities and differences. Using data from the 1992–1996 National Crime Victimization Survey, it is found that gender differ...
Background The Work Disability Functional Assessment Battery (WD-FAB), developed for potential use by the US Social Security Administration to assess work-related function, currently consists of five multi-item scales assessing physical function and four multi-item scales assessing behavioral health funct...
demand or sexual behaviour during the event. These findings echo those of a related project that entailed a three-wave cross-sectional telephonic survey of female sex workers advertising online and in local newspapers in South Africa during the same event [46]. Similarly, a before-and-after stud...
Workplace violence is “any physical assault, threatening behavior, or verbal abuse occurring in the work setting. A workplace may be any location either permanent or temporary where an employee performs any work-related duty. This includes, but is not limited to, the buildings, and surrounding...