Intimate Partner Abuse Perpetrated by Employees

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• Personal Author:
  Perry MJ ; Rothman EF
• Description:
  This exploratory study examined partner abuse perpetration in the context of employment. Qualitative and quantitative data from 29 men convicted of partner abuse were gathered through focus groups and a brief survey. Men attributed absences, reduced productivity, and errors to their perpetration of abuse and described harassing their victims using employers' phones, vehicles, e-mails and by enlisting coworkers. Findings also suggest that zero-tolerance policies may be ineffective and that employers may benefit from partner abuse training. For example, participants reported that their employers offered them alcohol-abuse services instead of batterer intervention, despite the fact that substance abuse was not a factor in all of the cases. These findings need to be tested through a larger scale, empirical investigation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Men Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Safety Violence Women Workplace
• Keywords:
  Abuse Employees Humans Injuries Preventive Measures Traumatic Injuries Workers Workplace Violence
• ISSN:
  1076-8998
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  238-246
• Volume:
  9
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059329
• Citation:
  J Occup Health Psychol 2004 Jul; 9(3):238-246
• Contact Point Address:
  Emily F. Rothman, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
• Email:
  EmFaith@aol.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19980701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
• End Date:
  20030630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a022c64bb8f6ae7b34924f29b338321f3ff1fcbba5f908051459bf438dd9ca585c588ba6fddb71909d027f725f7092e802252135c1da349a62faba0a8695f949
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223594/cdc_223594_DS1.pdf
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