Characteristics of workplace threats requiring response from a university threat assessment team

YanYan Cao; Jingzhen Yang; Marizen Ramirez; Corinne Peek-Asa

doi:10.1097/JOM.0b013e31826bb66a

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Characteristics of workplace threats requiring response from a university threat assessment team

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Characteristics of workplace threats requiring response from a university threat assessment team

YanYan Cao, Jingzhen Yang, Marizen Ramirez and Corinne Peek-Asa

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, Vol.55(1), pp.45-51

01/2013

DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31826bb66a

PMID: 23207741

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Abstract

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. Events that involved the threat assessment team from August 2008 through December 2010 were examined to describe subjects, referral sources, and team actions. 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%. 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.

Students - statistics & numerical data

Cross-Sectional Studies

United States

Humans

Violence - prevention & control

Safety Management

Male

Organizational Innovation

Universities - organization & administration

Female

Workplace - organization & administration

Program Evaluation

Violence - statistics & numerical data

Crisis Intervention - organization & administration

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Title: Subtitle: Characteristics of workplace threats requiring response from a university threat assessment team
Creators: YanYan Cao - Departments of Epidemiology,University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center, Iowa City, Iowa 52252, USA
Jingzhen Yang
Marizen Ramirez
Corinne Peek-Asa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, Vol.55(1), pp.45-51
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31826bb66a
PMID: 23207741
NLM abbreviation: J Occup Environ Med
ISSN: 1076-2752
eISSN: 1536-5948
Publisher: United States
Grant note: R40 CE0011567 / NCIPC CDC HHS
Language: English
Date published: 01/2013
Academic Unit: Public Health Administration; Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Nursing; Public Policy Center (Archive); Community and Behavioral Health
Record Identifier: 9983997337102771

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