Violence and Theft in the Workplace

• NCJ Number: 148199
• Author(s): R. Bachman
• Date Published: July 1994
• Length: 2 pages
• Publication Series: BJS Crime Data Briefs
• Agencies: BJS
• Publication Type: Statistics

Annotation

This report analyzes data from the National Crime Victimization Survey for 1987-92 concerning violence and theft in the workplace.

Abstract

This report is the first NCVS report to profile crime victims at work. It provides data on the extent to which workplace violence occurs, whether offenders are armed and whether they are strangers or nonstrangers, and the extent of injury and time lost from work resulting from these crimes.