The Resource Workplace violence and mental illness, Kristine M. Empie
Workplace violence and mental illness, Kristine M. Empie
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The item Workplace violence and mental illness, Kristine M. Empie represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-Kansas City Libraries.
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- Summary
- In focusing on a particular type of workplace violence, i.e., violence committed by mentally ill clients against those who work in the field of mental health, this study examined the routine activities of employees who worked in the mental-health field and the subsequent role that their routines may have played in their victimization experiences. The study population consisted of mental health employees who worked in Western Pennsylvania. The population, as defined by the Department of Public Welfare-Office of Mental Health under Title 55 of the Pennsylvania Code, was composed of mental health workers who were employed in licensed mental health facilities, including outpatient, inpatient, partial hospitalization, crisis, family-based, long-term structured residence, and community residential rehabilitation. Based on the sampling frame, facilities were limited to those that were licensed, which excluded employees who worked in private practice. The final sample size was 449, with 162 working in nonresidential facilities, 157 in residential facilities, and 130 in crisis facilities. In order to test the hypotheses, a questionnaire was designed to obtain information on employees' routine activities and patterns of criminal victimization. The questionnaire was administered to determine the relationship between the three central elements of routine activities theory -- exposure to potential offenders, guardianship, and target suitability -- and victimization at work. Verbal aggression, verbal threats, and physical attacks were examined over the past 12 months, with attention to the frequency as well as the nature of the aggression. Findings show that those employees who viewed more of their weekly client contacts as dangerous were more likely to experience victimization. Type of mental disorder, number of weekly client contacts, and setting provided weak or no support for the alternative hypotheses, in that the variables did not have a significant impact on victimization. Those who worked in crisis facilities were more likely to experience victimization than those who worked in residential and/or nonresidential facilities. Working evening or night shifts was associated with an increased risk of victimization. Males were more likely to be victimized than females, except in types of sexual assault. Some of these findings provide strong support for routine activities theory, as well as rich data on violence in the field of mental health. Several policy or practical implications are drawn from the study
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 156 pages)
- Contents
-
- Chap. 1. Routine activities theory
- Chap. 2. Violence in the workplace
- Chap. 3. Research methodology
- Chap. 4. The practitioner's perspective
- Chap. 5. Violence in mental health
- Chap. 6. Practical implications
- Isbn
- 9781593320317
- Label
- Workplace violence and mental illness
- Title
- Workplace violence and mental illness
- Statement of responsibility
- Kristine M. Empie
- Subject
-
- Dangerously mentally ill
- Dangerously mentally ill
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Employees -- Psychology
- Employees -- Psychology
- Health Personnel
- Hospitals, Psychiatric
- Mental health personnel -- Violence against
- Mental health personnel -- Violence against
- Mentally Ill Persons
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness
- Victims of crimes
- Victims of crimes
- Violence in the workplace
- Violence in the workplace
- Workplace Violence -- psychology
- Workplace -- psychology
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In focusing on a particular type of workplace violence, i.e., violence committed by mentally ill clients against those who work in the field of mental health, this study examined the routine activities of employees who worked in the mental-health field and the subsequent role that their routines may have played in their victimization experiences. The study population consisted of mental health employees who worked in Western Pennsylvania. The population, as defined by the Department of Public Welfare-Office of Mental Health under Title 55 of the Pennsylvania Code, was composed of mental health workers who were employed in licensed mental health facilities, including outpatient, inpatient, partial hospitalization, crisis, family-based, long-term structured residence, and community residential rehabilitation. Based on the sampling frame, facilities were limited to those that were licensed, which excluded employees who worked in private practice. The final sample size was 449, with 162 working in nonresidential facilities, 157 in residential facilities, and 130 in crisis facilities. In order to test the hypotheses, a questionnaire was designed to obtain information on employees' routine activities and patterns of criminal victimization. The questionnaire was administered to determine the relationship between the three central elements of routine activities theory -- exposure to potential offenders, guardianship, and target suitability -- and victimization at work. Verbal aggression, verbal threats, and physical attacks were examined over the past 12 months, with attention to the frequency as well as the nature of the aggression. Findings show that those employees who viewed more of their weekly client contacts as dangerous were more likely to experience victimization. Type of mental disorder, number of weekly client contacts, and setting provided weak or no support for the alternative hypotheses, in that the variables did not have a significant impact on victimization. Those who worked in crisis facilities were more likely to experience victimization than those who worked in residential and/or nonresidential facilities. Working evening or night shifts was associated with an increased risk of victimization. Males were more likely to be victimized than females, except in types of sexual assault. Some of these findings provide strong support for routine activities theory, as well as rich data on violence in the field of mental health. Several policy or practical implications are drawn from the study
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Empie, Kristine M
- Dewey number
- 616.85/82
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- RC439.4
- LC item number
- .E48 2003eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- WM 29.5
- NLM item number
- E55w 2003
- Series statement
- Criminal justice recent scholarship
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Mental health personnel
- Dangerously mentally ill
- Violence in the workplace
- Employees
- Victims of crimes
- Mentally Ill Persons
- Workplace Violence
- Health Personnel
- Hospitals, Psychiatric
- Workplace
- PSYCHOLOGY
- Dangerously mentally ill
- Employees
- Mental health personnel
- Victims of crimes
- Violence in the workplace
- Label
- Workplace violence and mental illness, Kristine M. Empie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-151) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Chap. 1. Routine activities theory -- Chap. 2. Violence in the workplace -- Chap. 3. Research methodology -- Chap. 4. The practitioner's perspective -- Chap. 5. Violence in mental health -- Chap. 6. Practical implications
- Control code
- 52872128
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 156 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781593320317
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)52872128
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Workplace violence and mental illness, Kristine M. Empie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-151) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Chap. 1. Routine activities theory -- Chap. 2. Violence in the workplace -- Chap. 3. Research methodology -- Chap. 4. The practitioner's perspective -- Chap. 5. Violence in mental health -- Chap. 6. Practical implications
- Control code
- 52872128
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 156 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781593320317
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)52872128
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Dangerously mentally ill
- Dangerously mentally ill
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Employees -- Psychology
- Employees -- Psychology
- Health Personnel
- Hospitals, Psychiatric
- Mental health personnel -- Violence against
- Mental health personnel -- Violence against
- Mentally Ill Persons
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness
- Victims of crimes
- Victims of crimes
- Violence in the workplace
- Violence in the workplace
- Workplace Violence -- psychology
- Workplace -- psychology
Genre
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- Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
- Ebook Central Academic Complete
- EBSCO eBook Public Library Collection-North America
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