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Table 1 Incidents of workplace violence reported by Justice Health employees between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2010 by victim’s work setting 1

From: Workplace violence in a large correctional health service in New South Wales, Australia: a retrospective review of incident management records

 

Workplace violence

Physical abuse

Verbal abuse

n

%

n

%

n

%

Adult male prison

92

44.4

11

18.3

81

55.1

Forensic hospital

40

19.3

30

50.0

10

6.8

Female prison

27

13.0

8

13.3

19

12.9

Prison hospital

17

8.2

8

13.3

9

6.1

Juvenile justice centre

11

5.3

1

1.7

10

6.8

Police holding cell

11

5.3

2

3.3

9

6.1

Other

9

4.4

0

0.0

9

6.1

Total

207

100

60

100

147

100

  1. 1. Data source: Justice Health, Incident Information Management System.
  2. Frequency missing (n = 1).