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workplace homicide  

Definition

  • Since the 1980s, workplace violence has become a growing concern for employees as well as their employers. The term “going postal” has been used to describe disgruntled employees who seek revenge on their employers, releasing their frustration on their coworkers and supervisors through acts of lethal rage. [Source: Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime; Workplace Violence and Homicide]

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