NCJ Number
136910
Date Published
Unknown
Length
11 pages
Annotation
The results of two studies of ethnoviolence in the United States are presented with particular focus on the workplace.
Abstract
A 1989 study of 2,078 people of the victimization in the population conducted by the National Institute Against Prejudice and Violence provides a national perspective on the dynamics of violence motivated by prejudice among persons in the United States. Thirty-five percent of the respondents reported at least one incident of victimization based on prejudice or other motives during the preceding 12 months. A study of 1,372 people with regard to ethnoviolence in the workplace indicated that 105 experienced some form of work-related violence. Out of this group, 96 could classify the motivation for the act, with 39 percent of these attributing the act to prejudice. Twenty-seven percent of all respondents who reported prejudice based incidents experienced them at work. Race, ethnicity, and or sexual orientation were cited as bases in 55 percent of the prejudice based incidents. The next most frequently cited bases was gender in 41 percent of such incidents. The psychological effects of victimization were not statistically significantly different regarding factors of victim status and ethnic status. Interventions employed by human rights agencies to deal effectively with workplace ethnoviolence can include the intake process, settlement conferences, conciliation, mediation, education and outreach, and training to deal with ethnoviolence. 3 footnotes, 2 tables, and 16 references