If confrontation is done correctly, it is one of the most effective ways to stem any further action from a threatening person. The issue is control. The emotionally enraged individual needs to know that the organization has taken active steps. To address the issue, establish appropriate boundaries, and provide effective intervention to minimize risks. Confrontation must be done with the right intent, method and experience.
Former employees are the primary perpetrations of the workplace violence.
The danger of former employees is not that they will be violent more often, but that they will engage in higher levels of aggression when they do act out. The odds of workplace violence occurring at a company are minuscule. It is true that the odds of an American worker being killed at the hands of a disgruntled employee are 1 in 2.1 million. However that statistic does not include physical fights, shootings, stabbings, threats, robberies and sexual assaults. Recent surveys have experienced violence in their work environment during the last three years.