# 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:

· [Violence in the Workplace, Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies,
]{.underline}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)

· [Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Healthcare and
Social Service Workers]{.underline}, US Department of Labor, OSHA,
Publication 3148, 1996

[ ]{.underline} or pdf version:

· [Recommendations for Workplace Violence Prevention Programs in
Late-Night Retail Establishments,]{.underline} US Department of Labor,
OSHA, Publication 3153, 1998

· [Assaulted and/or Battered Employee Policy]{.underline}, US Department
of Labor, OSHA

· [Risk Factors and Protective Measures for Taxi and Livery
Drivers,]{.underline} US Department of Labor, OSHA, May 2000

· U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Dealing with Workplace Violence:
A Guide for Agency Planners, 1998

· [Workplace Violence, 1992-1996]{.underline}, US Department of Justice,
National Crime Victimization Survey, July 1998

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· [Violence in Washington Workplaces, 1992-1997, Final
Report]{.underline}, May 1997, Department of labor and Industries, State
of Washington, Technical Report Number 39-3-1999

1.  **Non Government Guidance and Training Documents**

· [Workplace Violence, A Report to the Nation]{.underline}, Injury
Prevention Research Center, University of Iowa, February 2001

· [Violence Awareness & Prevention an Information and Instructional
Package for Use by Employers and Employees]{.underline}, Long Island
Coalition for Workplace Violence Awareness and Prevention Workplace
February, 1996

· [Workplace Violence, Can you Close the Door on it?]{.underline},
American Nurses Association, 1994

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· [Violence on the Job, A Guidebook for Labor and
Management]{.underline}, Labor Occupational Health Program, Elaine
Askari, Berkeley, California, 1997

1.  **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]{.underline}, James
Merchant and John Lundell

· [The Role of Surveillance and Evaluation Research in the reduction of
Violence Against Workers]{.underline}, Corrine Peek-Asa, Carol Runyan,
and Craig Zwerling

· [Legislation and Regulations Addressing Workplace Violence in the
United States and British Columbia]{.underline}, Robert Barish

· [Violence Prevention at Work: A Business Perspective]{.underline},
Carol Wilkinson

· [A Labor Perspective of Workplace Violence Prevention]{.underline},
Jonathan Rosen

· [Moving Forward with Research on the Prevention of Violence Against
Workers]{.underline}, Carol Runyan

· [Violence Toward Healthcare Workers, An Emerging Occupational
Hazard]{.underline}, 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]{.underline}, MMWR, CDC, August 19, 1994/ 43(32):587, 593-595

· [Work-related Homicides: The Facts]{.underline}, Eric Sygnatur and Guy
Toscano, Office of Safety, Health, and Working Conditions, US Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Compensation and Working Conditions, Spring 2000

· [Dispute Resolution and Workplace Violence]{.underline}, 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 51^st^ St. NY, NY 10020-1203

· [Beyond Profiling, Can You Screen for Violence
Potential?]{.underline}, Mark Braverman, HR Today, October 8, 1997

· [Workplace Violence Survey and White Paper]{.underline}, Joann
Sullivan, RIMS, December 1999

1.  ** Books**

· [The Violence Prone Workplace, A New Approach to Dealing with Hostile,
Threatening, and Uncivil Behavior]{.underline}, Richard Denenberg and
Mark Braverman, Cornell University Press, 1999

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· [Security, Keeping the Health Care Environment Safe]{.underline},
Russell Colling, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations, 1996

· [Violence in the Workplace, A Prevention and Management Guide for
Businesses, ]{.underline}Baron, Anthony, Pathfinder Publishing of
California, 1993

[<http://www.pathfinderpublishing.com/>]{.underline}

· [Handbook of Modern Hospital Safety]{.underline}, William Charney,
Lewis Publishers, 1999, Chapter 2 -- Violence in the Healthcare Industry

· [Violence in the Healthcare Industry: Greater Recognition Prompting
Occupational Health and Safety Interventions]{.underline}, Jane Lipscomb

· [Guidelines for Security and Safety of Healthcare and Community
Service Workers, California OSHA]{.underline}

· [Assault on the Job, We Can Do Something About It!,]{.underline}
Service Employees International Union

· [A Joint Labor/Management Experience in Implementing OSHA's Violence
Prevention Guidelines in the NYS Office of Mental Health,
]{.underline}Jonathan Rosen

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· [Occupational Health Guide to Violence in the Workplace]{.underline},
Schneid, Thomas, Lewis Publishers, CRC Press, 1998

[<http://www.crcpress.com/us/>]{.underline}

· [Violence in America, Lessons on Understanding the Aggression in Our
Lives]{.underline}, Goldstein, Arnold, Davies-Black Publishing, 1996

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**[Recommended Readings: Violence in the Workplace]{.underline}**

Barab, J. (1996a). Public employees as a group at risk for violence.
*Occupational Medicine: State of the Arts Reviews, *11, 257-267.

Baron, S.A. & Wheeler, E.D. (1994). [Violence in our schools, hospitals,
and public places.]{.underline}* *Ventura, CA: Pathfinder.

Braverman, M (1992). Post-trauma crisis intervention in the workplace.
In J.C. Quick, L.R. Murphy, & J.J. Hurrell (Eds.), [Stress and well
being in the workplace]{.underline}*. *Washington, DC: American
Psychological Association.

Braverman, M (1993). Controlling stress-related costs in the workplace.
*Compensation and Benefits Review, *(9)2, 51-57.

Braverman, M. (1999*)*. * *[Preventing Workplace Violence: A guide for
employers and practitioners]{.underline}. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

De Becker, G. (1997). [The Gift of Fear]{.underline}. New York: Dell.

Dutton, D., & Golank, S.K., (1995). [The Batterer: A psychological
profile]{.underline}. New York: Basic.

Kelleher, M.D. (1997). [Profiling the lethal employee: Case studies of
violence in the workplace]{.underline}. Westport, CT: Praeger.

Labig, C.E. (1995). [Preventing violence in the workplace]{.underline}.
New York: Amacom.

Mantell, M. (1994). [Ticking bombs: Defusing violence in the
workplace]{.underline}. Burr Ridge, IL: Irwin.

Monahan, J. (1981). *The clinical prediction of violent behavior*.
Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National
Institutes of Health.

Monahan, J. (1981). [Predicting violent behavior: An assessment of
clinical techniques]{.underline}. Beverly Hills, CA., Sage.

Morris, D. (1995). [Bodytalk:]{.underline}* *[The meaning of human
gestures]{.underline}. New York: Crown.

Northwest National Life Insurance Company. (1993). *Fear and violence in
the workplace.*

Pauchant, T.C., & Mitroff, I.I. (1992). [Transforming the crisis-prone
organization: preventing individual, organizational, and environmental
tragedies]{.underline}. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Senge, P.M. (1990). [The fifth discipline]{.underline}. New York:
Doubleday.

Toscano, G. & Weber, W. (1995, April). *Violence in the workplace*.
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor Statistics.