%0 Journal Article
%T An examination of strategies for preventing workplace homicides committed by perpetrators that have a prior relationship with the workplace or its employees
%J Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
%D 2012
%A Gurka, Kelly K.
%A Marshall, Stephen W.
%A Casteel, Carri H.
%A Runyan, Carol S. Wolf
%A Loomis, Dana P.
%A Richardson, David B.
%V 54
%N 12
%P 1533-1538
%X 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>
%G en
%I Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
%@ 1076-2752
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e31826e2928