The perception of risk in the workplace: A test of routine activity theory

Madriz, Esther

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“…In this sense, Miethe and Meier (1990), Miethe and McDowall (1993), Madriz (1996) and Kanan and Pruitt (2002) have argued that the routine activity theory can be extended to explain people's perceptions of crime and vulnerability to crime. For example, Zhang et al (2007) used the routine activity theory to explain variation in the risk of household burglary in Tianjin in China.…”

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Perceptions of Public Security in Post-reform Urban China: A Routine Activity Analysis

Nielsen

Smyth

2009

Asian Criminology

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This paper investigates the personal and environmental determinants of public security perceptions across 32 Chinese cities within the risk/opportunity framework of Cohen and Felson's (American Sociological Review 44:588-608, 1979) routine activity theory. Structural path analysis reveals that public security perceptions in China are informed by similar personal and environment characteristics to those reported as important in extant research within Western contexts. However, the frequently reported influence of gender on public security perceptions in the West does not appear to extend to post-reform urban China. The results provide support for the routine activity theory in terms of extending our understanding of the factors that influence perceptions of public security to a non-Western context.

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Perceptions of Public Security in Post-reform Urban China: A Routine Activity Analysis

Nielsen

Smyth

2009

Asian Criminology

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“…As interest in this micro-level theory grew, criminologists began to consider routine activity theory as a victimization theory because it focuses on the daily routines and lifestyles of victims (Birkbeck & LaFree, 1993;Brown, Esbensen, & Geis, 2015;Cohen, Kluegel, & Land, 1981;Hindelang, Gottfredson, & Garofalo, 1978;Madriz, 1996;Meier & Miethe, 1993). It has only been recently that criminologists have included offenders and their lifestyles, which may give them increased odds of committing a crime (Brown, Esbensen, & Geis, 2015).…”

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“…In other words, the closer the victim and the offender are in distance, the higher the probability that a crime may occur (De Coster, Estes, & Mueller, 1999;Landau & Bendalak, 2008;Lynch, 1987;Madriz, 1996;Miethe & Meier, 1990;Mustaine & Tewksbury, 1999;Wittebrood & Nieuwbeerta, 2000;Wooldredge, Cullen, & Latessa, 1992). Further, the proximity of the target to high crime areas increases to opportunity for crime to occur (Meier & Miethe, 1993).…”

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“…Further, if an employee is subject to all those duties there is the greatest amount of risk to become a victim (Lynch, 1987). Madriz (1996) A step beyond perception of workplace safety or possible victimization brings us to actual workplace violence. These are specific occupations, which may cause an employee to be exposed to the possibility of becoming a crime victim.…”

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“…Previous victimization studies in the workplace have used household data (Lynch, 1987;Madriz, 1996;Mustaine & Tewksbury, 1997), while others used self-report questionnaires (Empie, 2001;Landau & Bendalak, 2008;Kodellas, Fisher, & Wilcox, 2015) and surveys (Daewood, 2008). This study will be using semi-structured interviews to glean information from victims and potential victims of workplace victimization.…”

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Bendalak

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This study analyzes violence against personnel in the emergency wards of all 25 general hospitals in Israel using a self-report questionnaire (N=2,356). Informed by the routine activity theory, the hypotheses related to the major concepts of this approach: exposure, target suitability, guarding and proximity to offenders. A General Exposure to Violence Index (GEVI) was constructed, based on the participants' reports about type and frequency of their victimization to violence during the preceding year. The multiple regression analysis for explaining the GEVI was composed of 15 independent variables relating to participants' professional and personal characteristics as well as to structural features of hospitals. As predicted, higher exposure to violence was related to security or nursing staff and positions of authority; high weekly workload; working in a profession other than that of training; inability of coping with verbal violence; having no access to an emergency button, and working in settings restricting the number of accompanying persons to one only. Unexpectedly, previous training in coping with violence was related to higher victimization. Younger age, male gender and being of European/American origin (mainly from the former Soviet Union) was also related to higher risk of victimization. The results support the utility of the routine activities approach in explaining differences in emergency ward personnel victimization. The findings also indicate, however, the need to add domain-specific contextual analyses to this approach to reach a fuller understanding of the behaviors under discussion. Implications of the finding to coping with violence against emergency ward personnel are discussed, and suggestions are put forward for further study in this field.

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The perception of risk in the workplace: A test of routine activity theory

Cited by 9 publications

References 27 publications

Perceptions of Public Security in Post-reform Urban China: A Routine Activity Analysis

Perceptions of Public Security in Post-reform Urban China: A Routine Activity Analysis

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