Workshop 1: 'Who says you can’t assess who is at risk to commit workplace violence? The ERA-20'
Hy Bloom & Christopher D. Webster
Assessing risk for violence by a perpetrator towards potential victims in any situation or venue (i.e. spousal violence, workplace violence, sexual violence, etc.) has been a subject of considerable interest over the last 20 years. Assessing a prospective workplace violence perpetrator’s risk for committing a violent act in a workplace has concomitantly increased in importance over the last number of years, as workplaces grapple with trying to understand and prevent violence on their premises.
Numerous highly publicized incidents have captured the attention of both the public and the behavioural sciences community, and have stimulated efforts in trying to understand the causes and motivations that drive perpetrators to act.
The presenters will review different types of workplace violence, and propose a new classification scheme to illustrate the different types and subtypes, including a discussion of instances of workplace violence occurring in healthcare contexts.
Following some discussions about contemporary risk assessment devices and the extent to which these schemes do or do not permit accurate predictions of violence, the presenters elucidate recently-available guides designed to assess for violence risk in the workplace. Attention will be placed on but not restricted to a scheme of their own making – the Employee Risk Assessment-20 guide (ERA-20).
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