Workplace Homicides Up 50 Percent In The Last Year

Dan Fastenberg
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An analysis of American workplaces notes a 50 percent rise in workplace homicides.
An analysis of American workplaces notes a 50 percent rise in workplace homicides.



The massacre at the Sandy Hook elementary school reinvigorated the dormant debate over gun control and how best to stop the gun violence in schools. Now, new research suggests that violence in the workplace also has jumped dramatically, with workplace killings up 50 percent in the past year alone.

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