A new study, by the organization Peace at Work, looks at workplace assaults and their relation to domestic violence. Statistics show that a victim leaving
an abusive relationship, is often most vulnerable at the workplace.
Among the findings-
• Over 40% of the perpetrators did not try to evade capture after the assault. 32% attempted or committed suicide and 9% either turned themselves in or waited for arriving officers without resisting arrest.
• When the time and place of the assault was known, 20% occurred in the parking lot as the victim was arriving for work, the most common situation. Overall, 42% of the assaults occurred at the beginning of the shift.
• In 67% of the cases where the abuse victim had obtained a restraining order, a firearm was used to commit the assault, despite a federal regulation banning gun ownership by the assailant.
• In only 10% of the cases was it indicated that the employer took any precautions prior to the assault.
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