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Article: Workplace violence: can it be prevented?
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- Article date:
- December 1, 1995
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The U.S. Department of Justice reports that nearly 1 million people each year become victims of violent crime on the job. "These numbers point to why employers have begun to look for ways to safeguard workers," said John Thompson, a Minneapolis attorney and an expert on workplace violence. "Those that ignore the problem may face litigation by injured employees."
According to Ronet Bachman, who is a statistician for the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), workplace violence accounts for about 15 percent of all acts of violence experienced by people age 12 years or older. (Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, Crime Data Brief: Violence and Theft in ...