Threat Assessment Analysis for Workplace
Violence Cases

Each year more than 1.7 million people are assaulted while at work and nearly 900 are murdered. Such violence at a business location is considered a case of premises liability. Legal suits pertaining to premises liability as a result of workplace violence number in the hundreds of thousands annually and can quickly add up to a large award if a company is found liabile for the plaintiff's injuries.

Legal ramifications for employers with a workplace violence prevention program and solid methods of threat assessment analysis are much less severe than for those who do not have such safeguards. The greater the number of employees and the greater the level of stress, the more likely there are to be violent events, making the need for threat assessment analysis imperative. 

Employees who are encouraged to openly report any threats or acts of violence against them are more likely to generate a greater number of reports.  It is critical to have a proven method of threat and risk assessment in order to direct resources to the most potentially violent situations. Without a system of threat and risk assessment, the time required to investigate threats can be as overwhelming. 

If faced with a charge of premises liability, legal obligations are generally considered to be met by the company if a proven, scientific method of threat and risk assessment is in place.  The Academy Group's workplace violence prevention programs include strategies for threat and risk assessment that are accepted in the criminal forensic industry.