Posted by Brenda Lund on Mon, Jan 17, 2011 @ 12:36 PM
This article is taken from the "FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION FUND".
THE FACTS ON THE WORKPLACE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
Domestic violence doesn't stay home when its victims go to work. It can follow them, resulting in violence in the workplace. Or it can spill over into the workplace when a woman is harassed by threatening phone calls, absent because of injuries or less productive from extreme stress. With nearly one-third of American women (31 percent) reporting being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives, it is a certainty that in any mid-to-large sized company, domestic violence is affecting employees.
It is crucial that domestic abuse be seen as a serious, recognizable, and preventable problem like thousands of other workplace health and safety issues that affect a business and its bottom line.
•A study of domestic violence survivors found that 74 percent of employed battered women were harassed by their partner while they were at work.
• Between 1993 and 1999 in the United States, an average of 1.7 million violent victimizations per year were committed against persons age twelve or over who were at work or on duty.
•Homicide was the second leading cause of death on the job for women in 2000.
• More than 29,000 acts of rape or sexual assault are perpetrated against women at work each year.
• More than 1 million women are stalked each year in the U.S., and over a quarter of them report missing work as a result of the stalking.
•Of the 4 million workplace crime incidents committed against females from 1993 through 1999, only 40 percent were reported to the police.
•In a 1997 national survey, 24 percent of women between the ages of 18 and 65 who had experienced domestic violence said that the abuse caused them to arrive late at work or miss days of work.
Employer’s Perspectives:
Business leaders agree that domestic violence is a problem that affects their workplaces: 57% of senior corporate executives believe domestic violence is a major problem in society.
The Facts on the Workplace and Domestic Violence
Costs:
•The annual cost of lost productivity due to domestic violence is estimated as $727.8 million, with over 7.9 million paid workdays lost each year.
•In one case, a wrongful death action against an employer who failed to respond to an employee’s risk of domestic violence on the job cost the employer $850,000.
•The costs of intimate partner violence exceed $5.8 billion each year, $4.1 billion of which is for direct medical and mental health care services, much of which is paid for by the employer.
•Employers are aware of this economic burden: 44 percent of executives surveyed say that domestic violence increases their health care costs.
Pre Employment and Background Screening is absolutely necessary, along with screening current employees, in your company doings it's part in curbing or eliminating these incidences of violence.
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Posted by Brenda Lund on Tue, Nov 09, 2010 @ 10:31 AM
In 1991, the Legislature found and declared that domestic violence is a serious crime against society. It found that thousands of persons in this State were regularly beaten, tortured and in some cases killed by their spouses or cohabitants; that a significant number of women were assaulted while pregnant; that victims of domestic violence came from all social and economic backgrounds; that there is a positive correlation between spousal abuse and child abuse and, that children, even if they are not themselves physically assaulted, suffer deep and lasting emotional effects from exposure to domestic violence. The Legislature further found that some of its most vulnerable citizens, the elderly and disabled, are victims of domestic violence as well.
The Legislature also found that although many of the existing criminal statutes were applicable to acts of domestic violence, societal attitudes concerning domestic violence have affected the response of the law enforcement and judicial systems resulting that these acts received different treatment from similar crimes when they occur in a domestic violence context. The Legislature additionally identified the training needs of police and judicial personnel in the procedure and enforcement of this act.
(Above Excerpt from The Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991, N.J.S.A. 2C:25-17 et seq.)
Did You Know?
One in every four women….
CHILDREN WHO WITNESS
- Witnessing violence between one’s parents or caretakers is the strongest risk factor of transmitting violent behavior from one generation to the next.
- Boys who witness domestic violence are twice as likely to abuse their own partners and children when they become adults.
- 30% to 60% of perpetrators of intimate partner violence also abuse children in the household.
SEXUAL ASSAULT AND STALKING
- One in 6 women and 1 in 33 men have experienced an attempted or completed rape.
- Nearly 7.8 million women have been raped by an intimate partner at some point in their lives.
- Sexual assault or forced sex occurs in approximately 40-45% of battering relationships.
- 1 in 12 women and 1 in 45 men have been stalked in their lifetime.
- 81% of women stalked by a current or former intimate partner are also physically assaulted by that partner; 31% are also sexually assaulted by that partner.
HOMICIDE AND INJURY
- Almost one-third of female homicide victims that are reported in police records are killed by an intimate partner.
- In 70-80% of intimate partner homicides, no matter which partner was killed, the man physically abused the woman before the murder.
- Less than one-fifth of victims reporting an injury from intimate partner violence sought medical treatment following the injury.
- Intimate partner violence results in more than 18.5 million mental health care visits each year.
ECONOMIC IMPACT
- The cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $5.8 billion each year, $4.1 billion of which is for direct medical and mental health services.
- Victims of intimate partner violence lost almost 8 million days of paid work because of the violence perpetrated against them by current or former husbands, boyfriends and dates. This loss is the equivalent of more than 32,000 full-time jobs and almost 5.6 million days of household productivity as a result of violence.
- There are 16,800 homicides and $2.2 million (medically treated) injuries due to intimate partner violence annually, which costs $37 billion.
(Above Excerpt taken from the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence - Domestic Violence Fact Sheet)
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Posted by Brenda Lund on Thu, Oct 21, 2010 @ 09:17 AM
Source: Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Problem/Condition: An estimated 50,000 persons die annually in the United States as a result of violence-related injuries. Homicide is the second leading cause of death for persons aged 15--24 years, the third leading cause for persons aged 25--34 years, and the fourth for persons aged 1--14 years. Similarly, suicide is the second leading cause of death for persons aged 25--34 years and the third leading cause for persons aged 10--24 years. This report summarizes data from CDC's National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) regarding violent deaths from 16 U.S. states for 2005. Results are reported by sex, age group, race/ethnicity, marital status, location of injury, method of injury, circumstances of injury, and other selected characteristics.
Reporting Period Covered: 2005.
Results: For 2005, a total of 15,495 fatal incidents involving 15,962 violent deaths occurred in the 16 NVDRS states included in this report. The majority (56.1%) of deaths were suicides, followed by homicides and deaths involving legal interventions (29.6%), violent deaths of undetermined intent (13.3%), and unintentional firearm deaths (0.7%). Fatal injury rates varied by sex, race/ethnicity, age group, and method of injury. Rates were substantially higher for males than for females and for American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) and blacks than for whites and Hispanics. Rates were highest for persons aged 20--24 years. For method of injury, the three highest rates were reported for firearms, poisonings, and hanging/strangulation/suffocation.
Suicides occurred at higher rates among males, AI/ANs, whites, and older persons and most often involved the use of firearms in the home. Suicides were precipitated primarily by mental illness, intimate partner or physical health problems, or a crisis during the previous 2 weeks. Homicides occurred at higher rates among males and young adult blacks and most often involved the use of firearms in the home or on a street/highway. Homicides were precipitated primarily by an argument over something other than money or property or in conjunction with another crime. Similar variation was reported among the other manners of death and special situations or populations highlighted in this report.
Manner of Death
Suicide. Suicide is defined as a death resulting from the use of force against oneself when a preponderance of the evidence indicates that the use of force was intentional.
Homicide. Homicide is defined as a death resulting from the use of force or power, threatened or actual, against another person, group, or community when a preponderance of evidence indicates that the use of force was intentional.
Unintentional firearm. The term "unintentional firearm" is used when a death results from a penetrating injury or gunshot wound from a weapon that uses a powder charge to fire a projectile and for which a preponderance of evidence indicates that the shooting was not directed intentionally at the decedent.
Undetermined intent. The term "undetermined intent" is used when a death results from the use of force or power against oneself or another person for which the evidence indicating one manner of death is no more compelling than evidence indicating another.
Legal intervention. The term "legal intervention" is used when a decedent is killed by a police officer or other peace officer (a person with specified legal authority to use deadly force), including military police, acting in the line of duty.
To read the complete article, go to: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5703a1.htm
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Posted by Brenda Lund on Fri, Oct 15, 2010 @ 12:16 PM
Property Crime Facts (According to the FBI in the US: www.fbi.gov, and BumpKeyWarning.com):
- One property crime happens every 3 seconds.
- One burglary occurs every 10 seconds.
- One violent crime occurs every 20 seconds.
- One aggravated assault occurs every 35 seconds.
- One robbery occurs every 60 seconds, or 1 minute.
- One forcible rape occurs every 2 minutes.
- There were over 2 million burglaries in 2005.
- An increase in burglary offenses was the only property crime to increase in 2005 compared with the prior year data.
Home Invasion Facts:
- According to a United States Department of Justice report:
- 38% of assaults & 60% of rapes occur during home invasions.
- 1 of every 5 homes will experience a break-in or home invasion. That's over 2,000,000 homes!
- According to Statistics Canada, there has been an average of 289,200 home invasions annually over the last 5 years.
- Statistically, there are over 8,000 home invasions per day in North America
- According to Statistics U.S.A., there was an average of 3,600,000 home invasions annually between 1994 and 2000.
Whether it is workplace violence, home invasions, car jacking, armed robbery, rape, identity theft or any of a number of other crimes, YOU need to take the controls, and arm yourself with the best available preventative measures.
One of those preventative measures is making yourself aware of who you are dealing with, through criminal background searches. Perform an individual background check on the contractor and crew that you have hired to renovate your house, the plumber, your nanny, your new neighbor. You get the idea. If it doesn't feel right, it probably isn't. Know who and what you are dealing with. Arm your self with information. Don't allow yourself to become blind-sided.
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Posted by Brenda Lund on Wed, Dec 16, 2009 @ 12:09 PM
United States Department of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health and Administration
Violence in the workplace is a serious safety and health issue. Its most extreme form, homicide, is the fourth-leading cause of fatal occupational injury in the United States. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), there were 564 workplace homicides in 2006 in the United States, out of a total of 5,734 fatal work injuries.
Preemployment background screening is essential to your hiring process.
Posted by Brenda Lund on Tue, Dec 15, 2009 @ 12:13 PM
DHHS Workplace Violence Training Research Library
Of all violent crimes reported in the U.S. between 1993 to 1999, 18% of these crimes occured in the workplace (including 900 homicides, 36,500 sexual assaults, and 1.3 million simple assaults).
- Homicide is the second leading cause of death in the workplace in the U.S., and the number one cause of death in the workplace for females.
- 25% of workers surveyed in 1993 reported some type of physical attacks, harassment, or threats of violence in their workplace within the last year.
- The following sources of workplace violence have been identified: 55% due to work/personality conflicts, 36% due to family or marital problems, and 24% due to work-related stress.
- You have a 60% chance of being personally involved in workplace violence at some time, as reported by a survey in N.C. in 1999.
- About 20 Americans are murdered each week while at work.
- Every week, 18,000 American workers are assaulted.
- The following describes who is commiting the acts of violence in the workplace:
- 80% are males
- 3% are former employees
- 20% are current employees
- Over 66% are strangers (including customers, clients).
- American business and government offices spend over $36 billion per year on costs related to workplace violence including medical and psychiatric care, lost productivity, repairs, insurance rate increases, and security costs.