@article{ref1,
title="Characteristics of workplace threats requiring response from a university threat assessment team",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2013",
author="Cao, Yanyan and Yang, Jingzhen and Ramirez, Marizen R. and Peek-Asa, Corinne L.",
volume="55",
number="1",
pages="45-51",
abstract="OBJECTIVE:: In response to concerns about campus violence, universities are implementing threat assessment teams. In 2008, a large university's new threat assessment team began to identify and respond to potentially harmful situations. METHODS:: Events that involved the threat assessment team from August 2008 through December 2010 were examined to describe subjects, referral sources, and team actions. RESULTS:: The team responded to 284 events-approximately 10 per month. Employees were the subject in 21.5% of events, students in 60.2%, and visitors in 18.3%. External threats, including assaults, threats, harassment, and stalking, comprised 49.5% of cases, and internal threats, including suicide attempt/ideation and mental health or behavior concerns, comprised 50.5%. CONCLUSION:: The university team responded to a wide variety of events referred from multiple units across campus and that involved a combination of employees, students, and visitors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0b013e31826bb66a",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e31826bb66a"
}