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WORKPLACE VIOLENCE: Violence Initiated by Premeditated Criminals (Type I). Corinne Peek-Asa University of Iowa, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center. TYPOLOGY OF WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
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WORKPLACE VIOLENCE:Violence Initiated by Premeditated Criminals(Type I) Corinne Peek-Asa University of Iowa, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center
TYPOLOGY OF WORKPLACE VIOLENCE Type I: Perpetrator enters business with an intent to commit a criminal act. Type II: Perpetrator is a customer, client, patient or inmate. Type III: Perpetrator is an employee or past employee. Type IV: Perpetrator is a personal acquaintance of the intended victim and has no legitimate relationship with the business.
Percent of published studies that examined the factor and found it to be important in reducing risk of robbery Peek-Asa and Jenkins, 2003
Do the proven approaches always work? Are approaches equally effective in different settings?
…compared with percent of 314 small Los Angeles businesses in which the factor was present Peek-Asa and Jenkins, 2003
Can we address safety one type at a time?Which strategies effective against multiple types?
One final thought…. In an evaluation of 2,029 violent crimes in Los Angeles businesses: Customers were 1.3times more likely to be injured than employees.