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| Title | Description | Release Date |
| Lawyers May Oppose ‘Zero Tolerance’ | SAN DIEGO (AP) -- “Zero tolerance” policies in schools can be unfair, some lawyers argue, because a student found with aspirin in his pocket can get suspended as quickly as one with marijuana. http://www.sullivaninternational.com/docs/20010219-01.htm | 2001-02-19 |
| Transportation Labor Urges Action to Curb Violence Against Workers and Passengers | LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- With incidences of “rage” in our air and transit transportation network on the rise, transportation union leaders today pledged to push Congress and the President to stiffen
federal measures so that violent acts against workers and passengers are treated as federal crimes. http://www.sullivaninternational.com/docs/20010219-02.htm | 2001-02-19 |
| Group unites to make anti-violence course a requirement | By Heidi B. Perlman, Associated Press, 2/5/2001 19:52
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/036/region/Group_unites_to_make_anti_viol:.shtml | 2001-02-06 |
| WORKPLACE AVENGERS DON'T JUST SNAP; THEY TARGET THEIR RAGE | http://www.sullivaninternational.com/docs/20010206-01.htm | 2001-02-06 |
| Labor law for supervisors | Court strikes down one violence remedy, but others abound. http://www.sullivaninternational.com/docs/20010108-07.htm | 2000-12-11 |
| Risky Business - Not Conducting Risk Assessments | The risk of workplace violence is not being assessed at many companies, according
to a survey conducted jointly by the Risk Management/Insurance Division of
the American Society of Safety Engineers and the Risk and Insurance
Management Society. The survey found that 70 percent of respondents have not
undertaken a formal risk assessment of the potential for violence in the
workplace. In addition, only 4 percent of respondents performed a
psychological test on all employees as a standard part of the hiring process. | 2000-11-30 |
| Workplace Violence Awareness Training Works | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, suffering a spike in
incidents of assaults, threats and disorrderly persons, established a
workplace violence awareness class to address the threat. The class helps
staff identify sighns of violence to help deescalate stressful situations and
its presents hands-on personal protection techniques. The outcome of this and
related measures has been steay decrease in the number of incidents since the
program was put into place. | 2000-11-30 |
| Ceasefire Oregon Presents Gun-Free Workplace Workshop | Ceasefire Oregon will present a half-day workshop - ""Gun Free Workplaces:
What Does It Take?"" - Tuesday, September 19, 2000, for businesses, non-profits, government agencies and other employers.
http://www.sullivaninternational.com/docs/20001127-03.htm | 2000-11-27 |
| Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools | This guide presents a brief summary of the research on violence prevention and intervention and crisis response in schools. It tells communities the early warning signs that relate to violence and the action steps that school communities can take to prevent violence, to intervene and get help for troubles children, and to respond to school violence when it occurs.
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/earlywrn.html | 2000-11-27 |
| $7.9 Million Jury Verdict to Families of Victims of Workplace Violence Serves as Wakeup Call | $7.9 Million Jury Verdict to Families of Victims of Workplace Violence Serves as Wakeup Call for Employers - Employment Law Letter, Summer 1999 | 2000-11-21 |
| Preventing Violence in the Healthcare Workplace | Adopted June 22, 2000 | 2000-10-29 |
| Armed Teen Releases Arizona Elementary School Students | This article is from Join Together Online (http://www.jointogether.org). Visit this page on the Web at: http://www.jointogether.org/gv/wire/news/reader.jtml?Object_ID=264866
| 2000-10-25 |
| Comprehensive Framework for School Violence Prevention | Comprehensive Framework for School Violence Prevention, will be aired, Wednesday, October 25, 2000, 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. EST.
Preventing school violence requires a careful examination of the people, resources, and activities that make up the school community.
The first in a series of satellite videoconferences on school violence
prevention from the Hamilton Fish Institute, Comprehensive Framework for School Violence Prevention features a comprehensive approach
to school safety. The framework was developed by the Institute after extensive examination of and research on an array of approaches to
preventing school violence and promoting school safety.
To register as a downlink site, please contact Becky Ritchie, Project Director, Violence Prevention Project, Eastern Kentucky
University, 859-622-6163 (telephone), 859-622-4397 (fax), or ekutrc@aol.com (e-mail), by October 16.
| 2000-10-25 |
| Violence Against Women Act Passes! | In a tremendous, hard fought and long overdue victory for battered women and the nation, the United States Senate this evening passed
legislation to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (VAWA). VAWA was included in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act Conference Report, which passed in the House of Representatives last
Friday by a vote of 371 to one. The Senate today passed the bill, 95 to zero.
It will now go to President Clinton, who has long supported the bill and campaigned for its passage. The President has vowed to sign VAWA into law right away.
| 2000-10-11 |
| Gun Injuries on Decline, Feds Say | Strong Economy, End of Crack Wars Seen as Possible Causes | 2000-10-09 |
| Attitudes in the American Workplace | A Gallup Poll by the Marlin Company located at: http://www.themarlinco.com/test/Asp/Gallup.asp | 2000-09-20 |
