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2011
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How Does Domestic Violence Affect the Vermont Workplace? A Survey of Male Offenders Enrolled in Batterer Intervention Programs in Vermont
By Schmidt, Michele Cranwell; Barnett, Autumn.
Vermont Council on Domestic Violence (Montpelier, VT); University of Vermont. Center for Rural Studies (CRS) (Burlington, VT); Spectrum Youth and Family Services. Violence Intervention and Prevention Program (Burlington, VT).
This report provides information regarding the “pervasiveness and severity of domestic violence perpetrated through workplace resources and work time and the impact of these actions on the workplace … [and] the workplace response to domestic violence from supervisors, co-workers, and policies and procedures” (p. 4). Sections following an executive summary include: the Vermont Study on Domestic Violence and the Workplace; methodology; study findings regarding employment status and role at work, ... Read More
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44 pages
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2009
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"Going Postal" Identifying Factors
By Barnhart, Tracy E..
corrections.com (Quincy, MA).
This article explains how 99% of those individuals prone to workforce violence can be identified. A few of the characteristics mentioned include: being unable to move on to different employment when their job status changes; making previous threats; and blaming a fellow employee for their problems.... Read More
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5 p.
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2008
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Aggression and Violence, Post-Traumatic Stress, and Absenteeism Among Employees in Penitentiaries
By Kunst, M.J.J.; Schweizer, S.; Bogaerts, S.; van der Knaap, L.M..
Boom Juridische uitgevers (Meppel, Netherlands); Tilburg University. International Victimology Institute Tilburg (INTERVICT) (Tilburg, Netherlands); Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek- en Documentatiecentrum (WODC) (The Hague, Netherlands).
Results from an assessment of violence and aggression amongst penitentiary personnel are provided. Sections of this report are: introduction; possible effects of aggression and violence among employees and factors causing them; construction and testing of the hypothetical model; research results; exploratory study; and summary and conclusions. While "violent experiences among penitentiary workers do not automatically result in posttraumatic stress . . . it seems possible to reduce the amount of... Read More
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54 p.
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1998
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Staff Victimization
National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC); U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office for Victims of Crime (Washington, DC).
Objectives of this 2-hour broadcast held on March 25, 1998 are to create and improve staff victimization policies, procedures, and programs and to identify resources for developing staff victimization programs and prevention strategies. The panel discusses the following topics: - Recognizing and understanding staff victimization,
- Core components of staff victimization,
- Levels of victimization,
- Creating and improving victimization programs, practices and strategies for victim servic... Read More
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1 DVD (120 min.)
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