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workplace violence, training and education  

Definition

  • Workplace violence is any physical assault, threatening behavior, or verbal abuse occurring in the work setting or to an employee while on duty at another location. Threatening behavior can be defined as whatever makes someone feel threatened. [Source: Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention; Workplace Violence, Training and Education]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-M3BTQ009-7

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