Behavioral-Based Predictors of Workplace Violence in the Army STARRS
Abstract
This project aims to carry out secondary analyses of data on risk-protective factors for workplace violence perpetration victimization in the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (A-STARRS) and expand knowledge about modifiable risk and protective factors for workplace violence perpetration and victimization. Our analysis of administrative criminal justice data shows that prevalence of founded physical violence, verbal violence, and sexual violence perpetration estimates were 3.2%, 0.5%, and 0.8%, respectively, over the time period 2004-09, with the number of founded incidents 1,155/100KPY (i.e., 1,155 incidents per 100,000 person-years) for physical violence, 172/100KPY for verbal violence, and 284/100KPY for sexual violence. Roughly one-third of instance of physical and sexual violence perpetration are recurrences. We also examined victimization and found lower rates than for perpetration: 594/100KPY for physical violence, 108/100KPY for verbal violence, and 184/100KPY for sexual violence. This means that soldiers have higher rates of perpetration than victimization of these violent acts. Analyses of administrative predictors are just now beginning, but will soon lead to developing risk prediction algorithms to pinpoint soldiers at high risk of violence perpetration and victimization.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA589532
Entities
People
- Ronald Kessler
Organizations
- Harvard Medical School