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Workplace ViolencePrevention eReport “Dedicated to Helping You Eliminate Violence in Your Workplace”


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I also invite you to please provide us feedback so that we can improve the eReport to better meet your needs. Our goal is to be a valuable information resource for you and we need your input and comments. Likewise, we are interested in your research or ‘real life’ situations that you may have dealt with that could serve as a learning experience for your colleagues. Also send us information sources that your colleagues might benefit from knowing about and we will share them.


“Is workplace violence just a U.S. problem? “is one of the questions that we are starting to get more frequently during presentations. The answer is a resounding ‘no.’ Workplace violence while most prevalent in the U.S. is a worldwide problem. See our International News section and Calendar of Events which refers to conferences by the Association of European Threat Assessment Professionals (AETAP) and the European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry. Please let us know about international incidents or efforts to combat workplace violence that will help other professionals gain better insight to the issues.


Thanks again for joining us and stay safe until next time. Bryar Violent Incidents Highest in Middle Schools


During the 2009-10 school year, middle school students were more likely to experience a violent incident than other students, according to a report by The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).


The First Look report, Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools: Findings From the School Survey on Crime and Safety: 2009–10 found that there were 40 incidents of violence per 1,000 middle school students, compared to 21 incidents per 1,000 students in both elementary school and high school.


To read more click here 1 Negligent Hiring - A Rare Company Victory


A recent case from the South Carolina Court of Appeals resulted in a rare victory for the defendant trucking company, which had been sued on a negligent hiring theory. In Kase v. Unnamed Trucking Company ,— S.E.2d—, Op. No. 4806 (S.C. App. March 9, 2011),


Plaintiff James Kase filed suit against the trucking company as a result of an altercation between Kase and the trucking company’s employee.


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Understanding and Managing Violence in Institutions


Attempts to understand and manage violence have traditionally been person-focused, i.e., factors located within the individual such as mental disorder, antisocial attitudes, substance use problems, etc. have been the target of concern. However, a range of external factors also influence violent behaviour; human behaviour does not occur in a vacuum of internal drives and motivations. The situation is important. Within settings such as prisons and hospitals, the relevance of situational factors might be amplified given the unique features of such places – unique features such as limited access to the outside world; activities supervised, controlled or prevented; time is organised; life is conducted under the authority of, or in the presence of other people; and there is a complex relationship between staff and residents (Goffman, 1961).


Situational risk factors refer to the features of the institution (e.g., physical environment and security features, staff levels, organisational ethos, management structure and style, and patient/prisoner assessment and treatment, etc.) in which the violence takes place.


This unique Approach to Risk Assessment and Management reflects several years of research during which the risk factors were derived from empirical work, qualitative analysis and examination of good practice. The risk factors examined can be conceptualised into five distinct domains: history of violence, physical environment and security, organisational factors, staff features, and case management.


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