Resource List for Workplace Violence Prevention

 

1.     Government Research and Guidance Documents

Many of the documents below can be accessed via the internet at OSHA’s Workplace Violence page:

http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/workplaceviolence/index.html

·        “Violence in the Workplace, Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies”, National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health, Current Intelligence Bulletin 57, Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies, Division of Safety Research, June 1996, (1-800-356-4674)

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/violcont.html

·        “VIOLENCE, Occupational Hazards in Hospitals”, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2002–101, April 2002 http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/violcont.html or pdf version:

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/pdfs/2002-101.pdf

·        “Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Healthcare and Social Service Workers”, US Department of Labor, OSHA, Publication 3148, 1996

http://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3148/osha3148.html  

·        “Recommendations for Workplace Violence Prevention Programs in Late-Night Retail Establishments”, US Department of Labor, OSHA, Publication 3153, 1998

http://www.osha-slc.gov/Publications/osha3153.pdf

·        “Assaulted and/or Battered Employee Policy”, US Department of Labor, OSHA  http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/workplaceviolence/employeepolicy.html

·        “Risk Factors and Protective Measures for Taxi and Livery Drivers”, US Department of Labor, OSHA, May 2000

http://www.osha-slc.gov/OSHAFacts/taxi-livery-drivers.pdf

·        U.S. Office of Personnel Management, “Dealing with Workplace Violence”: A Guide for Agency Planners, 1998 https://www.opm.gov/employment_and_benefits/worklife/OfficialDocuments/handbooksguides/WorkplaceViolence/index.asp

or pdf version  Dealing with Workplace Violence

·        “Workplace Violence, 1992-1996”, US Department of Justice, National Crime Victimization Survey, July 1998

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wv96.html

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/wv96.pdf

·        “Violence in the Workplace 1993-1999”, US Department of Justice, National Crime Victimization Survey, December 2001

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/ascii/vw99.txt

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/vw99.pdf

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/sheets/vw99.zip

·        “Violence in Washington Workplaces, 1992-1997, Final Report”, May 1997, Department of labor and Industries, State of Washington, Technical Report Number 39-3-1999

http://www.lni.wa.gov/sharp/

  

2.     Non Government Guidance and Training Documents

·        “Workplace Violence, A Report to the Nation”, Injury Prevention Research Center, University of Iowa, February 2001

http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/iprc

·        “Violence Awareness & Prevention an Information and Instructional Package for Use by Employers and Employees”, Long Island Coalition for Workplace Violence Awareness and Prevention Workplace February, 1996

http://www.osha-slc.gov/workplace_violence/wrkplaceViolence.intro.html

·        “Workplace Violence, Can you Close the Door on it?”, American  Nurses Association, 1994

http://www.nursingworld.org/dlwa/osh/wp5.html

·        “Violence on the Job, A Guidebook for Labor and Management”, Labor Occupational Health Program, Elaine Askari, Berkeley, California, 1997

http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~lohp/Publications/Violence_On_The_Job/violence_on_the_job.html

 

3.     Research Papers

·        American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 20, February 2001, Number2

·        “Workplace Violence Intervention Research Workshop, April 5-7, 2000, Washington, D: Background, Rational, and Summary”, James Merchant and John Lundell

·        “The Role of Surveillance and Evaluation Research in the reduction of Violence Against Workers”, Corrine Peek-Asa, Carol Runyan, and Craig Zwerling

·        “Legislation and Regulations Addressing Workplace Violence in the United States and British Columbia”, Robert Barish

·        “Violence Prevention at Work: A Business Perspective”, Carol Wilkinson

·        “A Labor Perspective of Workplace Violence Prevention”, Jonathan Rosen

·        “Moving Forward with Research on the Prevention of Violence Against Workers”, Carol Runyan

http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ajpmonline

·        “Violence Toward Healthcare Workers, An Emerging Occupational Hazard”, Jane Lipscomb and Colleen Love, American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal, May 1992, Vol 40, No. 5

·        “Occupational Injury Deaths of Postal Workers – United States, 1980-1989”, MMWR, CDC, August 19, 1994/ 43(32):587, 593-595

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm4332.pdf

·        “Work-related Homicides: The Facts”, Eric Sygnatur and Guy Toscano, Office of Safety, Health, and Working Conditions, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Compensation and Working Conditions, Spring 2000

in pdf Work Related Homicides

·        “Dispute Resolution and Workplace Violence”, Tia Schneider Denenberg, Richard Denenberg, Mark Braverman, and Susan Braverman, Dispute Resolution Journal, Vol. 51, No. 1, January – March 1996, American Arbitration Association, 140 West 51st St. NY, NY 10020-1203

http://www.wps.org/pubs/dispute-resolution.html

·        “Beyond Profiling, Can You Screen for Violence Potential?”, Mark Braverman, HR Today, October 8, 1997
   in pdf Beyond Profiling

·        “Workplace Violence Survey and White Paper”, Joann Sullivan, RIMS, December 1999

http://www.riskworld.com/PressRel/2000/00q4/PR00a117.htm

·        “Work Related Assaults, The Impact on Victims”, Mary J Findorff-Dennis, Patricia McGovern, Margret Bull, and John Hung, AAOHN Journal October 1999, vol 47, No 10, P.456-465

·        “The Cost of Violence to Health care Workers”, Mary Findorff, Patricia McGovern, John Rozman, Susan Gerberich, Journal of Healthcare Safety, Compliance, & Infection Control, Vol 4, No 5, May 2000, p 209 – 217

·        “Public Employees as a Group at Risk for Violence” Jordan Barab, Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews, Vol. 11, No. 2, April – June 1996, Philadelphia, Hanley & Belfus, Inc.

 

4.       Books

·        “The Violence Prone Workplace, A New Approach to Dealing with Hostile, Threatening, and Uncivil Behavior”, Richard Denenberg and Mark Braverman, Cornell University Press, 1999

http://www.wps.org/

·        “Security, Keeping the Health Care Environment Safe”, Russell Colling, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, 1996

http://www.jcaho.org/

·        “Violence in the Workplace, A Prevention and Management Guide for Businesses”, Baron, Anthony, Pathfinder Publishing of California, 1993

http://www.amazon.com/Violence-Workplace-Prevention-Management-Businesses/dp/0934793492

·        “Handbook of Modern Hospital Safety”, William Charney, Lewis Publishers, 1999, Chapter 2 – Violence in the Healthcare Industry  http://www.crcpress.com/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?

·        “Assault on the Job, We Can Do Something About It!”, Service Employees International Union
http://www.amazon.de/Handbook-Modern-Hospital-Safety-Chemicals/dp/toc/1566702569

·        “A Joint Labor/Management Experience in Implementing OSHA’s Violence Prevention Guidelines in the NYS Office of Mental Health”, Jonathan Rosen

     http://www.amazon.de/Handbook-Modern-Hospital-Safety-Chemicals/dp/toc/1566702569

·     “Occupational Health Guide to Violence in the Workplace”, Schneid, Thomas, Lewis Publishers, CRC Press, 1998

http://www.crcpress.com/us/

·     “Violence in America, Lessons on Understanding the Aggression in Our Lives”, Goldstein, Arnold, Davies-Black Publishing, 1996
http://www.cpp-db.com/products/db/index.asp