
Violence at Work
Causes, patterns and prevention
Willan Publishing
Published on 1. November 2001
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-903240-62-5 (ISBN)
Description
Workplace violence has emerged as a growing concern in today's interdependent political economy, and increasing attention is being paid to the phenomenon both by business and in the academic world to identifying its causes and to devise strategies to prevent it. In this book a distinguished international team, composed of both academics and practitioners, identify and address the key issues. It reviews the earlier literature on workplace violence, identifying and assessing key trends and patterns of violence at work, and reapplying traditional theories of victimisation and approaches to prevention, security and safety. Particular attention is paid to case studies which reflect innovative practice in prevention strategies, and in assessing informal frameworks which have been developed in response to this. Overall this book provides a foundation on which to base ways of better explaining, predicting, understanding and preventing workplace violence.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cullompton
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
531 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-903240-62-5 (9781903240625)
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Book
11/2015
1st Edition
CRC Press
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Martin Gill | Bonnie S. Fisher | Vaughan Bowie
Violence at Work
E-Book
01/2013
1st Edition
Willan Publishing
€64.49
Available for download

Martin Gill | Bonnie S. Fisher | Vaughan Bowie
Violence at Work
E-Book
01/2013
1st Edition
Willan Publishing
€64.49
Available for download
Persons
Martin Gill is Professor or Criminology at the University of Leicester.
Bonnie S. Fisher is Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati.
Vaughan Bowie is Lecturer in Human Services at the University of Western Sydney.
Bonnie S. Fisher is Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati.
Vaughan Bowie is Lecturer in Human Services at the University of Western Sydney.
Editor
University of Cincinnati, USA
University of Western Sydney, Australia
Content
Introduction 1. Defining Violence at Work 2. Occupational violence in industrialised countries: types, incidence patterns, and 'at risk' groups of workers 3. Causal factors of violence in the workplace: a human resource professional's perspective 4. Developing a framework for understanding patterns of abuse and violence against businesses 5. The process of employee violence: the building of a workplace explosion 6. Workplace violence in the United States: are there gender differences? 7. Prevention of violence affecting workers: a systems perspective 8. Standards for violence management training 9. Why workplace bullying and violence are different: protecting employees from both 10. Dealing with violence in the workplace: the experience of Canadian unions 11. The Assaulted Staff Action Program (ASAP): ten-year analysis of empirical findings 12. Violence at work: supporting the employee Concluding thoughts