SOCL 3510 Lecture : SOCL 3510 Stevenson 06282016 W/ Lecture Notes
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As defined by the national institute for occupational safety and health; violent acts, including physical assaults and threats of assault, directed toward persons at work or on duty . Can be either lethal or nonlethal (more common is nonlethal) When people think of workplace violence, they frequently envision the going. This term is thought to have emerged in the late 1980"s. Reality: postal workers are not likely to have workplace homicide and actually are. 1/3 as likely as other workers to be killed at work. Fact: there are many different types of violence that can occur in the workplace and we will focus on 4 different types: Conceptual types: these same types apply to both lethal and nonlethal violence. But we begin with lethal violence: workplace homicide. (note: on the test, you won"t be asked what is type. I or type ii, but you will be asked about the criminal intent" type.
