Week 5 Discussion 1 Victimization at School and Work

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Week 5 Discussion 1 Victimization at School and Work School victimization occurs when a student is harmed while on school property, within the building, on a school bus, or while attending an official school event. Numerous surveys were undertaken to evaluate crime and safety at schools. 1.2 million Non-fatal violent offenses against youth aged 12 to 18 were place in grades K–12 in 2008. The majority of these crimes took place on school property. 4% of students say they have been victimized. Theft was the most frequent form of victimization. Violence against students in grades 9 through 12 is increasingly frequent. 11% of students who got into a fight at school in 2009 said they were intimidated or hurt, while 8% said they were. Younger high school students are more likely to experience violent crime. System for Monitoring Young People's Risk Behavior (2009) - In grades 9 through 12, 10% of male students and 5% of female students reported being threatened or hurt with a weapon on school property. Fighting was more common among ninth-graders than among those in grades 10–12. The majority of violent crimes committed on school property involved 12 to 14-year- olds. White adolescents make up more than half of all victims; Black and Hispanic youth have higher rates of violent crimes and stealing. Children who reside in families with annual earnings of $15,000 or less are victims of violent crimes more frequently. There are several risk variables at play. Victimization may result from a combination of systemic and personal reasons. Being in a high-crime area may make you more vulnerable to victimization. The same elements that contribute to victimization in general (lack of self-control, parental absence, and deviant peers). Adolescence is already a time of significant biological change and societal strain. As a result, some kids started skipping class to feel safer, others who were being attacked avoided school events and locations they thought would be dangerous, and the victims tended to isolate themselves in an effort to blend in. Victims of school bullying may make themselves more vulnerable by having a certain appearance, not being athletic or popular, being educated, or not wanting to follow the crowd. There are also required reporting requirements, and many schools have created initiatives to decrease school victimization. These programs must be overseen by staff members. The majority of programs are proactive, aimed at eliminating bullying and violence in schools, and they involve parents, students, and communities. Victimization is seen as having occurred at work if the victim was working or otherwise "on duty" at the time. Victimization in the workplace comes in four forms. occurrences with criminal intent, in which the offender enters the venue with no lawful reason other than to commit a crime; situations involving customers or clients in which the offender was there on business but turned violent while utilizing the services; incidences involving current or former employees harming other employees in a worker-on-worker fashion; Incidents involving personal relationships, in which a person who brings violence to the workplace has a relationship with a person who works there. Males are more prone than females, with the exception of rape and sexual assault, to suffer violent victimizations. Equal chances exist for males and girls to become victims of theft. From

1993 to 1999, White workers had a 25% greater probability of experiencing violent victimization at work than Black and Hispanic workers did. Workplace violence victimization rates are comparable for black and Hispanic employees. Young individuals are more prone to experience job abuse. More people who identify as "single" experience workplace victimization. Jobs with the highest risk of assault include those in law enforcement, mental health, retail sales, teaching, transportation, and medicine. Police, cab drivers, prison staff, private security, bartenders, custodians, staff in mental health facilities, special education teachers, and gas station attendants are some of the occupations with some of the highest rates of workplace violence victimizations. The effects of workplace harassment include not coming to work, needing time off, and fear. To leave for work, which lowers the employee's productivity. Workplace Safety and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which is a division of the Department of Labor, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, which is in charge of overseeing resides at the Department of Health and Human Services and is in charge of doing research on workplace aggression. Both organizations offer suggestions for secure working conditions. References Blum, R.W., Beuhring, T., Shew, M.L., Bearinger, L.H., Sieving, R.E., and Resnick, M.D. (2000). The Effects of Race/Ethnicity, Income, and Family Structure on Adolescent Risk Behaviors. American Journal of Public Health, 90(12): 1879-1884. Daigle, L. E. (2018). Victimology: A text/reader (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc. Harrell, E. (2011). Workplace Violence, 1993-2009: National Crime Victimization Survey and the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries [Electronic version]. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice. Hemenway, D., Azrael, D., and Miller, M. (2000). Gun Use in the United States: Results from Two National Surveys. Injury Prevention, 6(4): 263–267.

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