Study Shows Violence Against Women Increases Following Disasters


A first of its kind study by Australia’s Women’s Health Goulburn North East organization shows that in the aftermath of a devastating natural disaster, domestic violence against women tends to increase. “This research presents the case for clear-eyed recognition of increased violence against women in the aftermath of disaster and a disaster response that protects women and offers options, while proactively recognizing the increased needs of men, to prevent family violence,” said Deborah Parkinson, the study’s chief researcher. Parkinson explained that several factors contribute to increasing levels of domestic violence. “Stress levels are high, perpetrators may have been ‘heroes’ and, following a disaster, men are often unemployed and sometimes suicidal,” she said. “Support services are over-burdened with primary and fire-related needs in the aftermath of a disaster and this serves to exacerbate a willingness to overlook violence against women.”


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Book It! Potential: Workplace Violence Prevention and Your Organizational Success,’


ByBill Whitmore, the Chairman and CEO of Allied-Barton Security Services A Review by Michael Brady, MA, CPP


Potential is not the book you need if your concerns include protecting police officers or security personnel from violent line-of-duty deaths, or saving retail and service employees from robbery-homicides. Whitmore also misses the chance to call out suicide as an underappreciated menace to American businesses. He briefly mentions the topic of suicide at work, using a powerful example to do so, but he does not expand upon the impact of this growing trend.


There are a wide variety of issues to resolve as we address the complex and multi- faceted problem called workplace violence. Crime prevention for cab drivers, protective equipment and training for security personnel, humane management practices, prohibitions against horseplay, screening for depression, and quality mental health insurance benefits are among the many tools an organization may


draw upon to create a workplace violence prevention and response program that meets its specific business needs. Whitmore addresses some of these issues, but not all of them, which causes Potential to fall short.


Despite my misgivings, I sincerely hope that Potential gives Whitmore the opportunity to write the book this one might have been, a book that demonstrates to the C-suite the value of creating a positive, proactive, and progressive security program in modern corporations.


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Thanks to the generosity of AlliedBarton we have arr anged for our readers to get a complimentary copy of Potential: Workplace Violence Prevention and Your Organizational Succes . Please visit www.PotentialTheBook.com and use the promotional code nixonreport to download a complimentary copy.


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