ABSTRACT
There is little debate that workplace violence is an issue that deserves considerable attention from public
and private executives, policy makers, and law enforcement. Homicide, the third-leading cause of
workplace fatalities, emphasizes that point. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal
Occupational Injuries (CFOI), there were 639 homicides in the workplace during 2001 and 8786 total
fatalities in the workplace that same year.
