By Seth A. Gordon, FedSmith.com About a year ago, I had a meeting with an individual who runs a mandatory course for those involved in the perpetration of hate crimes. While this meeting focused on specific aspects of targeted violence, the information, understanding and behavioral awareness of the precursory signs for physical violence have a …
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Apr 14 2010
Managing Workplace Violence
By John Commins, Health Leaders Media Working in a hospital can be hazardous to your health. Bureau of Labor Statistics data for 2008—the latest figures available—show 2,890 work-related assaults at hospitals. That doesn’t tell the whole story, because the data reflect only assaults that are serious enough to inflict injury and force the victim to …
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Mar 15 2010
Employer’s Advocate: Background checks, balances
By Vicki Wilmarth, Amarillo.com Amy Bishop, a 42-year-old biology professor at the University of Alabama-Huntsville (UAH), walked into a biology faculty meeting on Friday, Feb. 12, and, according to eyewitnesses, opened fire on her colleagues, killing three and wounding three others. She is charged with capital murder, and the death penalty may be sought. Obviously, …
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Mar 15 2010
Minimize risk of workplace violence
By Suzanne Bogdan, The Miami Herald The possibility that a tragic event may occur at an office or place of employment is not first and foremost on the minds of every worker. But when it happens, it makes the news and strikes fear among all workers. Two episodes so far this year show how random …
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