Violence at Work: Causes, Patterns and Prevention

Causes and Prevention of Violence in Prisons

Prisons are not normal environments. They are, as Bottoms (1999) observed, not only ‘total institutions’ in the sense that they encompass inmates’ lives to an extent qualitatively greater than other social institutions (Goffman, 1961), they are physical places (mostly surrounded by high walls) with a specific history and ethos that are designed to be places of punishment. Prisons bring troubled...

Intimate partner violence: causes and prevention.

Unlike many health problems, there are few social and demographic characteristics that define risk groups for intimate partner violence. Poverty is the exception and increases risk through effects on conflict, women's power, and male identity. Violence is used as a strategy in conflict. Relationships full of conflict, and especially those in which conflicts occur about finances, jealousy, and w...

Fixed-term work and violence at work.

OBJECTIVES This study investigated the effect of a fixed-term job contract on encounters of violence at work. We assumed that fixed-term employees encountered more violence or threats of violence at their work than permanent employees. METHODS This study is based on 3 large statistical data sets: (a) the Work and Health surveys carried out by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in 19...

Violence at work.

Violence appears to be increasing within our society along with a disregard for property as illustrated by the recent incidents on estates in Britain. The definition of violence varies and may include deliberate self-harm (DSH), damage to property, verbal abuse, threatening behaviour and physical attacks on persons or on staff (Shader et al., 1977; Fottrell, 1980; Ruben et al., 1980; Bouras et ...

Prevention Programs That Work For Youth: Violence Prevention