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BSIA Briefing The latest Crime Survey for England and Wales highlights that the volume of violence against the person offences being dealt with by the police has risen by 19% compared with the previous year, largely due to increases in the sub-categories of ‘stalking and harassment’ (36%), ‘violence without injury’ (21%) and ‘violence with injury’ (10%). According to the ONS’ report, most of this volume increase was thought to result from improved recording practices. However, it’s likely that the rises in these more serious categories of crime reflect genuine escalations in criminality as they’re thought to be generally well-recorded by the police. Stalking is defined as the unwanted or obsessive attention by an individual or group towards another person. Stalking behaviours may differ, but are related to harassment and intimidation and may include someone following the targeted victim in person or otherwise monitoring them in some way. According to the Suzy Lamplugh Trust – the personal safety charity that runs the National Stalking Helpline – anyone can be a victim of stalking. In fact, a report produced by Dr Lorraine Sheridan and the Network for Surviving Stalking found that stalking victims’ ages ranged from 10 to 73, with both males and females targeted and episodes spread right across the entire socio-economic spectrum. Around 45% of those individuals who contact the National Stalking Helpline are being stalked by a former partner, while a further third have had some sort of prior acquaintance with their stalker. This could include a friend, a colleague or a client, for example 1 . Revised guidelines For employers of the estimated eight million lone workers in the UK, the increase in stalking and harassment reported in the Crime Survey for England and Wales should be concerning, and particularly so for those that employ lone workers operating within the community. There’s a legal obligation for any employer to keep their lone workers safe. Revised sentencing guidelines issued in November 2015 have made the penalties more severe for those failing to do so. The Health and Safety, Food and Corporate Manslaughter sentencing guidelines were issued by the Sentencing Council and will be considered by the courts. Since the revisions came into effect in February last year, organisations breaching their Duty of Care towards employees and nonemployees alike face significantly larger fines starting at several million pounds for a large organisation found to be highly culpable in a Duty of Care to Employees In mid-October, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) issued the findings of its Crime Survey for England and Wales for the year ending June 2017. While crime estimated by the study has fallen considerably from the peak levels recorded back in 1995, the volume of violence against the person offences now being dealt with by the police service has increased. Here, James Kelly discusses how lone worker safety solutions could help to reduce the risk of crimes such as stalking Harm Category 1 incident. Additionally, stalking can have a hugely detrimental impact on its victims in terms of their physical and psychological well-being, causing them to feel unsafe wherever they go which, in turn, can impact their performance in the workplace. In employer guidance produced by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, signs of an employee being stalked are explained as including ‘increased absences, arriving late for work or unexplained poor work performance’. Research also informs us that 50% of stalking victims have “curtailed or ceased work as a consequence of being stalked” 2 . Offering reassurances For employees regularly required to work alone or away from their usual place of work – such as in the local community – a lone worker safety solution can provide them with reassurance, as well as a means to summon aid should an emergency scenario arise. An effective lone worker solution will also collect information that can be used as evidence if an incident does occur. James Kelly: CEO of the British Security Industry Association 19 www.risk-uk.com
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