Ch 10 Victimization At School And Work Flashcards
behavioral strategies:
Actions workers can take to reduce their chances of victimization
bullying
Intentional infliction of injury repeatedly over time by a more powerful perpetrator over a less powerful victim
criminal intent incidents:
Offender has no real relationship to the business where the crime occurs
customer/client incidents:
A person with a legitimate reason for being at a business becomes violent while at that business
cyberbullying
Bullying over the Internet, by cell phone, or through another form of digital technology
direct bullying
Physical and verbal actions performed in the presence of the victim
environmental design:
Making the workplace more secure and less of a target for crime
Gun-Free Schools Act (2004):
Mandates that schools receiving federal funding must suspend for at least 1 year any student who brings a gun to school
hostile work environment sexual harassment:
Sexual harassment that occurs when sex-related behavior creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment or interferes with a person’s performance at work
indirect bullying
Subtle actions such as isolating, excluding, and making obscene gestures; often called social bullying
Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (1990):
Requires schools to publish an annual crime report, report warnings of threats, and protect the rights of victims and offenders in cases handled on campus
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA):
Federal agency in the U.S. Department of Labor that provides guidelines for workplace health and safety
organizational and administrative controls:
Strategies that administrators and agencies can implement to reduce the risk of workplace victimization in their organizations
personal relationship incidents:
Perpetrator has a relationship with the victim and targets them while at work
physical bullying:
Hitting, punching, shoving, or other physical forms of violence