Dealing with Violent or Physically Aggressive People
Work context · O*NET
Dealing with Violent or Physically Aggressive People is a work-context dimension in the O*NET database — one of the standardized conditions O*NET uses to describe the environment a job is done in , grouped under Interpersonal Relationships. O*NET defines it by asking workers: "How frequently does this job require the worker to deal with physical aggression of violent individuals?." It is rated for 894 occupations, which average 1.54 out of 5 (low relative to other context dimensions).
How it's measured
O*NET rates each occupation on this dimension on a 1–5 context-importance scale (the CX scale), where higher means the condition is a more frequent or more central part of the work. The figures on this page are those occupation-level ratings — a description of working conditions as workers report them, not a judgment about pay, difficulty, or whether a job is "good."
| Economy-wide average | 1.54 / 5 | Mean across all 894 rated occupations |
| Range across occupations | 1.00–4.33 | Lowest to highest occupation rating (spread 3.33) |
| Intensity vs. other dimensions | 6th pct | Where this dimension's average ranks among all O*NET work-context dimensions |
Occupations where it's highest
The occupations that rate this condition strongest on the 1–5 scale.
Occupations where it's lowest
The occupations that rate this condition weakest — where it is rarely part of the work.
| Occupation | Rating | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Architectural and Civil Drafters | 1.00 | |
| Budget Analysts | 1.00 | |
| Business Intelligence Analysts | 1.00 | |
| Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters | 1.00 | |
| Computer Programmers | 1.00 | |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | 1.00 | |
| Credit Analysts | 1.00 | |
| Data Warehousing Specialists | 1.00 | |
| Dental Laboratory Technicians | 1.00 | |
| Desktop Publishers | 1.00 | |
| Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators | 1.00 | |
| Food Batchmakers | 1.00 | |
| Food Science Technicians | 1.00 | |
| Fuel Cell Engineers | 1.00 | |
| Nanosystems Engineers | 1.00 | |
| Procurement Clerks | 1.00 | |
| Proofreaders and Copy Markers | 1.00 | |
| Remote Sensing Technicians | 1.00 | |
| Sales Engineers | 1.00 | |
| Search Marketing Strategists | 1.00 | |
| Software Developers | 1.00 | |
| Special Effects Artists and Animators | 1.00 | |
| Talent Directors | 1.00 | |
| Writers and Authors | 1.00 | |
| Watch and Clock Repairers | 1.01 |
How AI is used by roles where dealing with violent or physically aggressive people is central
A working condition is not itself "being automated" — but we can look at the occupations where it is most central and ask how those people actually use AI. This rolls the Anthropic Economic Index per-role signal up across the roles that rate this condition 3 or higher (CX-rating-weighted). 48.1% of the 27 occupations where this condition is present carry observed AI-usage data (13 roles).
Across those roles, 44.4% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 28.2% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.38 / 5.
| Collaboration pattern | Share | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| learning | 27.9% | you ask AI to explain or teach |
| directive | 27.3% | AI does it; you give the instruction |
| task iteration | 14.4% | you and AI go back and forth |
| validation | 2.1% | you do it; AI checks your work |
| feedback loop | 0.8% | AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback |
Roles behind this signal
The occupations where this condition is most central and that also have the most AEI data. "Works with AI" is the role's share of conversations that augment rather than automate.
| Occupation | Condition (1–5) | Works with AI | Autonomy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Correctional Officers and Jailers | 4.3 | 52.7% | 3.0/5 |
| Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors | 3.4 | 73.3% | 4.0/5 |
| Adapted Physical Education Specialists | 3.1 | 55.1% | 3.0/5 |
| Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | 3.4 | 33.2% | 3.0/5 |
| Acute Care Nurses | 3.5 | 69.2% | 4.0/5 |
| Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers | 3.3 | 31.9% | 3.0/5 |
| Critical Care Nurses | 3.3 | 20.6% | 3.0/5 |
| Animal Control Workers | 3.0 | 12.7% | 3.0/5 |
| Retail Loss Prevention Specialists | 3.2 | 35.8% | 3.5/5 |
| Subway and Streetcar Operators | 3.2 | 51.9% | 3.0/5 |
| Child, Family, and School Social Workers | 3.3 | 27.9% | 4.0/5 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | 3.4 | 60.9% | 4.0/5 |
Source: Anthropic Economic Index (2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2) over a sample of Claude.ai Free and Pro conversations — not all AI tools and not the whole workforce. This is a role-weighted projection from AEI-linked occupations where this condition is central, not a direct measurement of AI use for the condition itself. Shares are weighted by how central the condition is to each role; some conversations are left unclassified by Anthropic's taxonomy, so shares need not sum to 100.
Sources for this page
Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.
- O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
- Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
Cite this page
Singulariki. "Dealing with Violent or Physically Aggressive People." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27). Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/work-context/dealing-with-violent-or-physically-aggressive-people
Singulariki. (2026). Dealing with Violent or Physically Aggressive People. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/work-context/dealing-with-violent-or-physically-aggressive-people
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