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Employee resistance and injury during commercial robberies
Jennifer Jones1, Carri Casteel, Corinne Peek-Asa
1From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Ms Jones and Dr Casteel), Injury Prevention Research Center; and University of Iowa (Drs Casteel and Peek-Asa), Injury Prevention Research Center, Iowa City.
Objectives:
To examine the association between employee resistance and injury and examine whether type or location of property stolen was associated with employee resistance during commercial robberies in a large metropolitan city.
Methods:
Robbery data were abstracted from police crime reports between 2008 and 2012. Log binomial regression models were used to identify predictors of employee resistance and to evaluate the association between employee resistance and injury.
Results:
Employees resisted a robber in nearly half of all robbery events. Active employee resistance was significantly associated with employee injury (Adj PR: 1.49, 95% confidence interval, 1.34 to 1.65). Goods being stolen were associated with active employee resistance and employee injury, whereas cash only being stolen was inversely associated with employee injury.
Conclusions:
Results suggest that employee training in nonresistance can be an important strategy in protecting employees working with the exchange of cash and goods.
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