Aggression and violence, post-traumatic stress, and absenteeism among employees in penitentiaries.

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Aggression and violence, post-traumatic stress, and absenteeism among employees in penitentiaries.

Kunst, M.J.J. et al.

BJu Legal Publishers

2008

60 pages

$29.95

Paperback

HV9708

The authors of this report, basing their conclusions on work with over 170 Dutch penitentiary workers, find those workers to be targets of various forms of aggression at least twice as often as that endured by workers in other fields. In addition, these workers must cope with intimidation by colleagues and executive staff as well as unwanted sexual attention and physical violence perpetrated by inmates. Using a model set by Schaufeli and Peeters, the authors find direct correlation among the violence in the workplace and absenteeism, noting strong differences between those who were victims of violence and those who were not. This serves as a model for similar studies in other countries of workplace stress and worker effectiveness. Distributed in the US by ISBS.

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