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, Work and School Place Violence
Workplace violence is a form of physical abuse that happens to one employee or multiple
employees [ CITATION Wor21 \l 1033 ]. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health states that employee on employee, personal relationships, customer on staff, and criminal
intent are all forms of workplace violence [ CITATION USD21 \l 1033 ]. To use a criminal
justice example, if one of the offenders were to attack an officer, that would be categorized as
“customer on staff” as well as criminal intent workplace violence.
School violence is also physical violence. It includes student on student fighting and can
include corporal punishment [ CITATION UNE17 \l 1033 ]. Psychological violence is also
included. Psychological violence includes verbal abuse, sexual abuse/violence such as rape or
harassment, bullying, and weapons [ CITATION UNE17 \l 1033 ]. School violence can also
include student on teacher violence.
Prevention and Response
The US Department of Labor works to promote a safe work environment for employees and their
visitors. They have identified 7 factors to help prevent workplace violence [ CITATION
USD21 \l 1033 ]:
1. Work Environment: Keep the environment positive and open for both employee’s and
visitors [ CITATION USD21 \l 1033 ].
2. Security: Ensuring that the company has different security measures can help with
securing the site [ CITATION USD21 \l 1033 ].
3. Conduct Indicators: Create a way to observe changing behavior in employees
[ CITATION USD21 \l 1033 ].
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