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Just to be sure, what is the obvious reason here?
by gms 15y ago
Just to be sure, what is the obvious reason here?
- yummyfajitas 15y agoWorking all day with convicted criminals is both unpleasant and dangerous. Type "probation officer attacked" into google news.
- kenjackson 15y agoI get, "No results found for "probation officer attacked"." Of the first page (after removing quotes) it only appears that there's one story about someone actually attacking a probation officer. But there is this nugget: Probation officer stabbed neighbour with garden fork at bonfire Note, if you search for "social worker attacked" (with quotes removed) you get two stories on the first page about social workers being attacked. So clearly being a social worker is twice as dangerous as being a probation officer. And they're far less likely to attack people with forks.
- yummyfajitas 15y agoI don't know why you get no results, I get three: http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=658991t http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=658991t http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/nov/25/woman-accused-of-stealing-muffin-and-van-two/ http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/nov/25/woman-accused-of-... http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-11-02/news/30352502_1_parole-officers-police-officer-criminal-complaint http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-11-02/news/30352502_1_p... My guess is localization is tweaking your results. Anyway, here is data. Law enforcement (which includes parole officers) and bartending have the highest rates of workplace violence, social workers aren't on the list. http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/wv09.pdf http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/wv09.pdf Do you really find the results surprising?
- rhizome 15y agoYour point hinges on POs being lumped in with all LEOs?
- gms 15y agoThanks.
- jquery 15y agoMore people aspire to be social workers than probation officers.