Workplace Violence Topics Flashcards
Type I Violence
Type II Violence
entails aggressive acts committed by strangers to the workplace, such as armed robbers/other intruders
Is committed by customers or clients of the establishment where the victim works. The Virginia Tech Massacre is an example of type II violence
Type III Violence
Is violence committed against co-workers. workplace violence related incidents (employee separation)
Type IV Violence
Is harm inflicted by a nonemployee who has a personal or domestic relationship with a worker (Spouse or other intimate partner.
Type V Violence
Harm inflicted by employees on themselves
Threat Assessment (TA)
Also known as violence risk forecasting, is a term for a process used to make predictions and recommendations regarding the potential for violence.
TA has two basic components
1, evaluating the threat itself and it’s credibility 2. evaluating the threatener regarding the threat itself.
Direct Threat
clear statement of an intent to commit harm without any conditions or recourse got the intended victim
Veiled Threat
Indirect, vague or subtle statements suggesting potential harm
Conditional Threat
threatening statements which portend harm but with conditions that can avoid a violent outcome
Base Rate
refers to the frequency in a given setting of a specific act or behaviors
Clinical Approach
Clinical approach involves data gathering about the instigator, the situation, and frequency, the evaluators knowledge of risk factors for violence and reasoning about the relationship between mental illness and violence
Actuarial Approach
This approach expressed the probability estimate that violent behavior will be perpetrated by an individual
Clinical versus Actuarial Predictions of Violence
The superiority of actuarial over clinical risk assessment in the behavioral sciences has long been established and recognized.
The MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment
major objective of the study was to produce an actuarial risk assessment tool with predictable applications
What the Person is (factors that constitute someone as an individual
age, gender, race or ethnicity, and personality
When does arrest for violent crimes peak
at age 18 and decline after that
Gender
Gender is a risk factor, has long been known to correlate to violence, as males are generally more aggressive than females
Personality trait constellations appear linked to violence
Hyperactivity - risk taking, impulsivity, and concentration difficulties and Dimension of Personality associated with the violence is anger intensity and control
Overcontrolled Hostility
an individual who accumulates and stores frustration and, only after much provocation, blows up in either a verbal tirade or in explosive hostile aggression
Psychopathy
has been empirically linked to the commitment of violence, and psychopathy is considered to be a personality disorder involving a pattern of traits that are relatively fixed and that lead to distress or impairment through a pervasive influence on a person’s inability to flexibly adapt to situations.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM IV)
does not list psychopathy as a personality disorder but identifies a closely related construct: antisocial personality disorder
PCL-R
The Psychopathy Check List -Revised has been extensively studied on both prison inmates and mentally disordered offenders
Fitness for Duty Evaluations
an FFD evaluation is an individualized assessment of an employee’s mental or physical ability to safely perform his or her essential job functions without any limitations
American with Disabilities Act
a significant risk of substantial harm exists to the health or safety of the individual or others that cannot be eliminated or reduced by reasonable accommodations
Nexus Test
examines the relationship between the off-duty conduct and the employer
Workplace Violence
Among the most dangerous workplaces are public sector health care and social service settings
Duty to Warn
a public official should be prepared to discuss what steps were taken to protect the organization from harm
Duty to Care
a public official should be prepared to explain to stakeholders that appropriate care was expended in response to the threat, that once aware of the threat, the organization contacted local law enforcement , notified potential victims of credible evidence or offered a detailed advisory via email encouraging everyone with concerns or observations to cooperate with HR/Security and LE
Duty to Act
Organizational leaders must be prepared to explain, whether in a new conference or meeting that they recognized and were responsive to the threat of potential harm
