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Violence directed at employers and employees by other employees is the fastest growing category of homicide homicide (hŏm`əsīd), in law, the taking of human life. Homicides that are neither justifiable nor excusable are considered crimes. A criminal homicide committed with malice is known as murder, otherwise it is called manslaughter. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , according to according to
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3. the Ohio Casualty Group, a property and casualty insurance company in Hamilton, Ohio Hamilton is a city in Butler County, Ohio, United States. The population was 60,690 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Butler County^GR6. 2005 estimates indicate a slight population increase to approximately 61,943. . Each year between 1992 and 1996, more than 2 million U.S. citizens experienced a violent crime while working or on work premises-a rate more than twice that experienced in the years between 1987 and 1992. The most frequently cited motivations for workplace violence: personality conflicts (62 percent) and workplace stress (27 percent).

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Title Annotation:	workplace violence
Publication:	Association Management
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1USA
Date:	Sep 1, 2000
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