Citation

Gurka KK, Marshall SW, Casteel CH, Runyan CW, Loomis DP, Richardson DB. J. Occup. Environ. Med. 2012; 54(12): 1533-1538.

Affiliation

From the Department of Epidemiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WVa (Dr Gurka); Injury Control Research Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WVa (Dr Gurka); Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (Drs Gurka, Marshall, Casteel, Loomis, and Richardson); Injury Prevention Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (Drs Gurka, Marshall, Casteel, and Runyan); Department of Orthopedics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (Dr Marshall) Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (Dr Runyan); Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (Dr Runyan); Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO (Dr Runyan); Department of Pediatrics, Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO (Dr Runyan); Pediatric Injury Prevention, Education and Research (PIPER) Program, Aurora, CO (Dr Runyan); Department of Epidemiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE (Dr Loomis); and Eppeley Cancer Institute, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE (Dr Loomis).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/JOM.0b013e31826e2928

PMID

23138043

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:: To determine whether recommended robbery prevention strategies also protect against workplace homicide committed by a perpetrator who has a relationship with either the workplace or an employee (prior-relationship homicide). METHODS:: A case-control study examining the relationship between recommended violence prevention strategies and prior-relationship workplace homicides in North Carolina was conducted. RESULTS:: Workplaces located in an industrial park, employing minorities, reporting a history of violence, open night hours, or open 24 hours were more likely to experience prior-relationship homicide. Keeping entrances to the workplace locked when employees were present (OR = 0.36, 95% CI: 0.13, 0.99) and having at least one security device (OR = 0.28, 95% CI: 0.10, 0.74) decreased the odds of prior-relationship homicide. CONCLUSIONS:: Select strategies recommended to prevent robberies and subsequent violence may also afford protection against prior-relationship homicide.

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