Workplace Violence Topics

Question 1

Type I Violence

Type II Violence

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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

Question 2

Type III Violence

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Is violence committed against co-workers. workplace violence related incidents (employee separation)

Question 3

Type IV Violence

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Is harm inflicted by a nonemployee who has a personal or domestic relationship with a worker (Spouse or other intimate partner.

Question 4

Type V Violence

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Harm inflicted by employees on themselves

Question 5

Threat Assessment (TA)

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Also known as violence risk forecasting, is a term for a process used to make predictions and recommendations regarding the potential for violence.

Question 6

TA has two basic components

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1, evaluating the threat itself and it’s credibility 2. evaluating the threatener regarding the threat itself.

Question 7

Direct Threat

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clear statement of an intent to commit harm without any conditions or recourse got the intended victim

Question 8

Veiled Threat

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Indirect, vague or subtle statements suggesting potential harm

Question 9

Conditional Threat

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threatening statements which portend harm but with conditions that can avoid a violent outcome

Question 10

Base Rate

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refers to the frequency in a given setting of a specific act or behaviors

Question 11

Clinical Approach

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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

Question 12

Actuarial Approach

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This approach expressed the probability estimate that violent behavior will be perpetrated by an individual

Question 13

Clinical versus Actuarial Predictions of Violence

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The superiority of actuarial over clinical risk assessment in the behavioral sciences has long been established and recognized.

Question 14

The MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment

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major objective of the study was to produce an actuarial risk assessment tool with predictable applications

Question 15

What the Person is (factors that constitute someone as an individual

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age, gender, race or ethnicity, and personality

Question 16

When does arrest for violent crimes peak

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at age 18 and decline after that

Question 17

Gender

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Gender is a risk factor, has long been known to correlate to violence, as males are generally more aggressive than females

Question 18

Personality trait constellations appear linked to violence

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Hyperactivity - risk taking, impulsivity, and concentration difficulties and Dimension of Personality associated with the violence is anger intensity and control

Question 19

Overcontrolled Hostility

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an individual who accumulates and stores frustration and, only after much provocation, blows up in either a verbal tirade or in explosive hostile aggression

Question 20

Psychopathy

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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.

Question 21

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM IV)

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does not list psychopathy as a personality disorder but identifies a closely related construct: antisocial personality disorder

Question 22

PCL-R

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The Psychopathy Check List -Revised has been extensively studied on both prison inmates and mentally disordered offenders

Question 23

Fitness for Duty Evaluations

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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

Question 24

American with Disabilities Act

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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

Question 25

Nexus Test

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examines the relationship between the off-duty conduct and the employer

Question 26

Workplace Violence

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Among the most dangerous workplaces are public sector health care and social service settings

Question 27

Duty to Warn

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a public official should be prepared to discuss what steps were taken to protect the organization from harm

Question 28

Duty to Care

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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

Question 29

Duty to Act

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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