Public Safety and Risk Assessment

Improving Decision Making

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ID19917698
AuthorsDavid J Ball (0000-0003-1681-3455), Laurence Ball‐King, Laurence Ball-King
Year2014
Publication date2014-04-08
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenuePublic Safety and Risk Assessment (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315870342
OpenAlexW87532800
Open LibraryOL34613838M
ISBN9781315870342
LanguageEN
Citations received4

This book aims to encourage a more reflective, multidisciplinary approach to public safety, and the 'reenfranchisement' of those affected by this new phenomenon. Over the past decade health and safety has become a major issue of public interest. There are countless stories of health and safety activities interfering with public life, preventing some beneficial activity from taking place – even creating absurd or dangerous situations. On the one hand, risk assessment, properly conducted, is highly beneficial – it saves lives and prevents injuries. But on the other, it can damage public life. Why has this come about, and does it have to be like that? The authors examine the origins of the problem, look critically at the tools used by safety assessors and their underlying assumptions, and consider important differences between public life and industry (where the approaches largely originated). They illuminate the whole with an analysis of legal requirements, attitudes of stakeholders, and recent research on risk perception and decision making. The result is a profound and important analysis of risk and safety culture and a framework for managing public safety more effectively

Business · Computer security · Economics · Engineering ethics · Management · Multidisciplinary approach · Perception · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Risk analysis (engineering) · Risk assessment · Risk management · Safety culture · Computer Science · Engineering · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Risk Perception and Management · Decision making · Great britain · Human services · politics and government

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