Violence at work: forensic medical examination of police officers assaulted while on duty: comparisons with other groups of workers in two centres of the Paris area, 2010-2012

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
Catherine DangThomas Lefèvre

Abstract

To test for differences in somatic, psychic and functioning outcomes associated with assaults across four groups of workers, of which three are structurally at high risk of occupational violence. To report and compare job characteristics, characteristics of the assault and medical findings in police officers and other workers at the time of a forensic examination performed shortly after they complained for being assaulted while working. A two-centre prospective study recruiting adult survivors of workplace violence who lodged a complaint to the judicial authorities and were examined by forensic physicians in the Paris area, between 2010 and 2012 over a 27-month period, was conducted. Victims were administered a dedicated questionnaire and filled in the peritraumatic dissociative experiences questionnaire. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed on collected data to account for potential biases. Compared to employees of public transports services, private security guards and other workers, police officers were less likely to report psychic disturbances and peritraumatic dissociative experiences, despite adverse factors such as a worse external working climate or more frequent exposure to workplace assaults. No differe...Continue Reading

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