New Arenas For Violence: Homicide in the American Workplace

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New Arenas for Violence examines the history, nature, and causal factors of occupational homicidemurder in the workplacewith a view to the development of a comprehensive understanding of the issue and the introduction of prevention measures designed to establish a safer work environment for the American worker. Through the analysis of a number of actual incidents of homicide, the author constructs a new framework for understanding occupational homicide and its perpetrators. Kelleher develops a new method of categorizing and evaluating crimes of this sort and offers an invaluable profile of the potentially violent worker or client. The book concludes with a compendium of prevention methodologies that are both practical and applicable to a wide variety of workplace environments.

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Recommended for those interested in old unsolved mysteries, this book tells teh story of the Zodiac serial killer, whose crimes were committed in California in 1968 and 1969.-Choice
"Recommended for those interested in old unsolved mysteries, this book tells teh story of the Zodiac serial killer, whose crimes were committed in California in 1968 and 1969."-Choice

Author Bio

MICHAEL D. KELLEHER specializes in strategic management, human resource management, staff education, and in threat assessment and management crisis resolution for organizations in the public and private sectors.