Public safety and risk assessment : improving decision making / David J Ball and Laurence Ball-King.

By: Ball, D. J. (David John)Contributor(s): Ball-King, LaurenceMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxon ; New York : Earthscan, 2011Description: xvi, 204 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781849713801 (hardback); 9781849713818 (pbk.)Subject(s): Public safety -- Great Britain | Risk assessment -- Government policy -- Great Britain | Decision making -- Great BritainLOC classification: HV675 | .B255 2011
Contents:
Clear and foreseeable danger -- Risk assessment-a simple tool? -- Is safety paramount? -- Risk and safety-a national philosophy -- What works in public life? -- Legal matters -- Advice-whose advice? -- A closer look at decision making -- Adventure activities-a hard case -- Risk-benefit assessment -- In search of a new agenda -- Final thoughts and r�esum�e.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-196) and index.

Clear and foreseeable danger -- Risk assessment-a simple tool? -- Is safety paramount? -- Risk and safety-a national philosophy -- What works in public life? -- Legal matters -- Advice-whose advice? -- A closer look at decision making -- Adventure activities-a hard case -- Risk-benefit assessment -- In search of a new agenda -- Final thoughts and r�esum�e.

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