Mario
J. Scalora, Ph.D.
Another area for
targeted violence
is much more pervasive in its impact, namely workplace violence.
Government
statistics indicate that between 1993 and 1999, on average annually,
1.7
million workers were victimized while at work or on duty with an
average of 900
homicides annually. Informing the
consideration of potential risk factors, employers face several sources
of
legal liability to prevent workplace violence from a variety of case
law and
statutory requirements to provide safe environments for their employees
and
guests regardless of whether the source of threat is external or
internal to
the worksite. While recent federal studies have investigated both
reported and
unreported incidents of workplace violence across different settings, a
dearth
of risk factor research across a range of cases exists. Our research
team has
studied police contacts across retail and non-retail settings to
identify risk
factors relevant to liability (
Future research I will perform within this area will compare unreported and reported incidents across government agencies, educational institutions as well as health care settings. Such findings have substantial implications for training, intervention, and prevention activity across these settings (e.g., Hatch-Maillette & Scalora, 2002).
Representative publications in this area:
Scalora, M. J., Washington, D.O.,
Newell, S. P., Casady, T., & Hansen, L. (2003). Epidemiological
data of
non-fatal workplace violence from local and state police law
enforcement
samples. Journal of Threat Assessment.
Scalora,
M. J., Washington, D. O., Casady, T., & Newell, S. P. (2002).
Non-Fatal
Workplace Violence: Risk Factors: Data From a Police Contact Sample. Journal
of Interpersonal Violence, 18, 310-327. pdf
version
Hatch-Maillette,
M. A., Scalora, M. J. (2002). Gender, sexual
harassment, workplace violence and risk assessment: Convergence around
psychiatric staff’s perceptions of public safety. Aggression and
Violent
Behavior, 7, 271-291. pdf
version
Representative conference presentations in this area:
Hatch-Maillette,
M. A., Covell, C. N., & Scalora,
M. J. (2002, March). A
gender-based incidence study of workplace violence in psychiatric and
forensic
settings. Poster presented at the American Psychology-Law Society
Biennial
Conference,
Hatch-Maillette,
M. A., Scalora, M. J., & Bornstein,
B. (2002, March). Perceptions of workplace violence in psychiatric
settings:
Does gender play a role? Poster presented at the American
Psychology-Law
Society Biennial Conference,
Newell,
S. P., Scalora, M. J., &
Slawson, H. (2002, March). Reporting
trends for harassing and threatening contacts toward a state
legislature.
Poster presented at the American Psychology-Law Society Biennial
Conference,