Violence in the workplace / Santina Perrone
- Bib ID:
- 504689
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Perrone, Santina
- Description:
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- Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1999
- xi, 115 p. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0642241325
- Series:
- Research and public policy series ; no. 22.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Introduction
- 2. Rationale for addressing workplace violence
- a. Mounting domestic and international concern
- b. Counting the costs of workplace violence
- c. A human rights perspective
- 3. Project aims
- 4. Exploring the parameters of workplace violence: conceptual uncertainties
- 4.1 Conceptions of violence
- a. A continuum of violence
- b. The inspectorates' perspective
- c. An analytical perspective
- 4.2 Conceptions of work relatedness
- 4.3 Drawing definitional boundaries: the relative merits
- 5. Enumerating workplace violence
- 5.1 The pragmatic constraints
- 5.2 Current statistical sources
- 5.2.1 National Statistical Collections (Australia)
- a. National Occuapational Health and Safety Commission (NOHSC) compendium of workers' compensation statistics
- b. National Coroners Information System (NCIS)
- c. National crime statistics
- d. Crime and safety surveys
- 5.3 Piecing together the mosaic of violence
- 5.3.1 Fatal assults
- a. Homicide in Australia
- b. Homicide in the United States
- 5.3.2 Non-fatal occupational violence
- a. Global data: the international crime (victim) survey (IC(V)S)
- b. National and regional vignettes: Europe
- United Kingdom
- The United States
- Australia
- 6. Profiling occupational victimisation: scenarios of violence
- a. Internally generated organisational violence
- b. Client-initiated violence
- c. Attacks by the general public.a 7. Searching for answers: prevailing casual answers
- 7.1 Individaul explanations
- a. Offenders
- b. Victims
- 7.2 Situational explanations
- a. Internal environmental factors
- b. Situations of heightened risk
- Working with the public or in community-based settings
- Working alone and/or in mobile workplaces
- The exchange of money, and/or the guarding of valuables or other desirable property
- Working under conditions of precarious employment
- 7.3 Structural explanations
- 8. Countering workplace violence: proactive and reactive strategies
- 8.1 Different theories, different approaches
- 8.2 Control through regulation
- a. The criminal law
- b. Common law obligations
- c. Workers' compensation
- d. Occupational Health and Safety Legislation
- 8.3 Guidelines: an accumulating body of knowledge
- 8.4 Violence prevention programs: a risk management approach
- a. Pre-incident strategies
- A documented commitment to violence prevention
- Pre-employment screening and termination procedures
- Worksite risk analysis
- Hazard prevention and control
- b. Incident prevention/management strategies
- Training and education
- Crisis management team
- c. Post-incident strategies
- Trauma counselling
- Investigation of event
- 9. Conclusions
- 10. Recommendations: towards the development of a prospective research and action agenda
- 10.1 Research
- 10.2 Towards uniform data collection
- 10.3 Guidance materials
- 10.4 Benchmarking and best practice
- 10.5 Post-incident management
- 10.6 A sectoral approach
- 10.7 Generate awareness
- 10.8 Enforcement approaches.
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Rationale for addressing workplace violence
- a. Mounting domestic and international concern
- b. Counting the costs of workplace violence
- c. A human rights perspective
- 3. Project aims
- 4. Exploring the parameters of workplace violence: conceptual uncertainties
- 4.1 Conceptions of violence
- a. A continuum of violence
- b. The inspectorates' perspective
- c. An analytical perspective
- 4.2 Conceptions of work relatedness
- 4.3 Drawing definitional boundaries: the relative merits
- 5. Enumerating workplace violence
- 5.1 The pragmatic constraints
- 5.2 Current statistical sources
- 5.2.1 National Statistical Collections (Australia)
- a. National Occuapational Health and Safety Commission (NOHSC) compendium of workers' compensation statistics
- b. National Coroners Information System (NCIS)
- c. National crime statistics
- d. Crime and safety surveys
- 5.3 Piecing together the mosaic of violence.
- 5.3.1 Fatal assults
- a. Homicide in Australia
- b. Homicide in the United States
- 5.3.2 Non-fatal occupational violence
- a. Global data: the international crime (victim) survey (IC(V)S)
- b. National and regional vignettes: Europe
- United Kingdom
- The United States
- Australia
- 6. Profiling occupational victimisation: scenarios of violence
- a. Internally generated organisational violence
- b. Client-initiated violence
- c. Attacks by the general public.a 7. Searching for answers: prevailing casual answers
- 7.1 Individaul explanations
- a. Offenders
- b. Victims
- 7.2 Situational explanations
- a. Internal environmental factors
- b. Situations of heightened risk
- Working with the public or in community-based settings
- Working alone and/or in mobile workplaces
- The exchange of money, and/or the guarding of valuables or other desirable property
- Working under conditions of precarious employment.
- Notes:
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- "National crime prevention : towards a safer Australia"--Cover.
- Bibliography: p. 98-115.
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