title: An examination of strategies for preventing workplace homicides committed by perpetrators that have a prior relationship with the workplace or its employees.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether recommended robbery prevention strategies also protect against workplace homicide committed by a perpetrator who has a relationship with either the workplace or an employee (prior-relationship homicide).
  
  
  METHODS
  A case-control study examining the relationship between recommended violence prevention strategies and prior-relationship workplace homicides in North Carolina was conducted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Workplaces located in an industrial park, employing minorities, reporting a history of violence, open night hours, or open 24 hours were more likely to experience prior-relationship homicide. Keeping entrances to the workplace locked when employees were present (OR = 0.36, 95% CI: 0.13, 0.99) and having at least one security device (OR = 0.28, 95% CI: 0.10, 0.74) decreased the odds of prior-relationship homicide.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Select strategies recommended to prevent robberies and subsequent violence may also afford protection against prior-relationship homicide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WVa 26505, USA.
authors.forename: Kelly K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Gurka
authors.forename: Stephen W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: Carri
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Casteel
authors.forename: Carol W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Runyan
authors.forename: Dana P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Loomis
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Richardson
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D006708:Homicide / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D016015:Logistic Models; D009657:North Carolina; D016272:Occupational Health; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012307:Risk Factors; D012637:Security Measures; D013800:Theft / Q000517:prevention & control; D017132:Workplace