RETAIL EMPLOYEES AS A GROUP AT RISK FOR VIOLENCE

Citing studies in which convicted robbers have been interviewed to det ermine their motives and what factors may have deterred them from comm itting a planned robbery, the author traces patterns of violence at co nvenience stores over the past 20 years. She points out that because t wo thirds of workplace homicides are robbery-related, any efforts to s tem the number of robberies will probably also curb the number of homi cides.