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Pre employment screening can decrease the potential for workplace violence. Violence that occurs at work stems from three sources: outsiders, customers or clients, and current or former employees. Workplace violence resulting from physical and nonphysical acts committed by current or former employees is on the rise. According to Security Magazine, Workplace violence is the leading concern of security managers in America's largest corporations. Both the emotional trauma and costs associated with workplace violence are staggering.

 Businesses in the United States report losses of $36 billion a year due to workplace violence

 Nearly 60 percent of the respondents to the 1999 Workplace Violence Survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management indicated that a violent incident had occurred in their workplace

 Incidents of workplace violence, in public and private organizations, have increased more than 750 percent since 1998

 Homicide is the leading cause of job-related death for women and the second leading cause of job-related death for all workers

 Almost 25 percent of all workers indicate that they have been threatened or attacked on their job in any one year

Pre employment screening can help weed out applicants with a violent past, and therefore helps to reduce the potential for workplace violence. Performing a Social Security Track along with a County-level employee background check is an excellent way to identify candidates with a criminal history.