Work-related Violence against Security Guards—Who is Most at Risk?
| Autor: | Risto Selin, Heikki Summala, Marianna Virtanen, Tuula Leino |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Poison control Violence Suicide prevention Work related Occupational safety and health Sex Factors Risk Factors 0502 economics and business Injury prevention Prevalence medicine Humans Workplace Psychiatry Finland 0505 law Aggression 05 social sciences Age Factors Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged 16. Peace & justice medicine.disease Work experience Cross-Sectional Studies Security guard 050501 criminology Female Medical emergency medicine.symptom Psychology 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Industrial Health. 49:143-150 |
| ISSN: | 1880-8026 0019-8366 |
| DOI: | 10.2486/indhealth.ms1208 |
| Popis: | Studies on violence in the work of security guards are largely lacking. This study is unique in that it focuses on security guards (n=1,010) in Finland, and assesses the different forms, prevalence, and risk factors of the work-related violence they often face. Information to a survey instrument was obtained by first interviewing 30 volunteers. Then we made a cross-sectional mailed survey that was sent to a randomized group of 2,000 security guards. The response rate was 52. We found the prevalence of verbal aggression, threats of assault, and physical acts against security guards at least once a month to be 39%, 19%, and 15% respectively. As regards risk factors and who is most at risk, our results show that male gender, young age, low work experience, late working hours, and time pressure were associated with all three forms of work-related violence. Unlike other forms of violence, verbal aggression was highly prevalent outside the metropolitan area and directed towards both more and less experienced security guards. In prevention policies for violence, it is important to identify high-risk groups such as those who have less work experience. |
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