This concise, 60 page field manual delves into the risk factors for patient violence and the operational variables that can help or hinder a violence prevention and mitigation program. It also provides a clear, multi-step program development process to guide the efforts of healthcare security leaders and others charged with preventing and mitigating patient violence. The strategies and tactics in this manual will also help form a solid platform upon which to build out the rest of your organization's workplace violence program. Authored by David Corbin, CPP, CPHA, an experienced healthcare security consultant with over two decades of experience as a practitioner and educator.