About the Book

Dying on the Job is the first book on workplace violence to focus exclusively on workplace homicide, suggesting that not every perpetrator is criminally insane, that some are probably not crazy at all but normal folks, whose behavior was thus more preventable and within our control than we realize. It is also the only book on workplace violence that draws from more than three hundred actual cases of workplace homicide. Despite the prevailing assumption that perpetrators are all paranoid, psychopathic criminals, the evidence in case after case disproves this long held, but wrong, impression, and the common assumption does not hold up. While some are certainly mentally impaired, many workplace murders are committed by people considered to be normal. Here, Brown makes it clear that a surprisingly large number were not crazy at all, and instead were just regular workers who were simply pushed to the limit before they finally snapped in a homicidal rage. Inviting readers along to survey the various cases, Brown encourages readers to make their own conclusions and suggests that maybe a few were just like you and me. He concludes the work with a nod toward prevention, pointing out the warning signs and offering suggestions for how to handle such situations.

Product Details

Media: Hardcover Book, 268 pages

Publication Date: Nov. 16th, 2012

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-10: 1442218436

ISBN-13: 9781442218437

Series: Not Applicable

Language: English

• Categories: Forensic Psychology General Criminal Law General Sociology