@article{ref1,
title="An examination of strategies for preventing workplace homicides committed by perpetrators that have a prior relationship with the workplace or its employees",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2012",
author="Gurka, Kelly K. and Marshall, Stephen W. and Casteel, Carri H. and Runyan, Carol S. Wolf and Loomis, Dana P. and Richardson, David B.",
volume="54",
number="12",
pages="1533-1538",
abstract="OBJECTIVE:: To determine whether recommended robbery prevention strategies also protect against workplace homicide committed by a perpetrator who has a relationship with either the workplace or an employee (prior-relationship homicide). METHODS:: A case-control study examining the relationship between recommended violence prevention strategies and prior-relationship workplace homicides in North Carolina was conducted. RESULTS:: Workplaces located in an industrial park, employing minorities, reporting a history of violence, open night hours, or open 24 hours were more likely to experience prior-relationship homicide. Keeping entrances to the workplace locked when employees were present (OR = 0.36, 95% CI: 0.13, 0.99) and having at least one security device (OR = 0.28, 95% CI: 0.10, 0.74) decreased the odds of prior-relationship homicide. CONCLUSIONS:: Select strategies recommended to prevent robberies and subsequent violence may also afford protection against prior-relationship homicide.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0b013e31826e2928",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e31826e2928"
}