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dc.contributor.authorCollingwood, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorPrenzler, Timothy
dc.contributor.authorSarre, R
dc.contributor.authorCairres, B
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:04:42Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:04:42Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-03-29T04:45:40Z
dc.identifier.issn14613557
dc.identifier.doi10.1350/ijps.2011.13.3.239
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/44065
dc.description.abstractThis study employed national workers' compensation data to examine and compare the nature and prevalence of work-related injuries and occupational violence experienced by Australian security officers and police between 2000 and 2008. The study found that while security officers' work-related injuries overall occurred at half the rate of police officers', the rates of occupational violence were about equal and followed the same trend over time - rising during the mid 2000s and then declining steadily. However, injuries to security officers appeared more serious than those experienced by police. Security officers were twice as likely to sustain a head injury and, on average, lost about six weeks more work than police. Compared with all other Australian occupations, security and police were in the top three highest claiming occupations for work-related injuries and deaths from occupational violence, with security officers at number one in both instances. The findings add to the very limited literature on injuries and violence experienced by police and security officers. However, the findings also show the need for more research on the specific situational factors involved in injuries and on what works in prevention.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent86874 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherVathek Publishing
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom223
dc.relation.ispartofpageto233
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Police Science and Management
dc.relation.ispartofvolume13
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440299
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.titlePolice and security officer experiences of occupational violence and injury in Australia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2011 Vathek Publishing Ltd. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorPrenzler, Timothy J.
gro.griffith.authorCollingwood, Patricia M.


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