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Public safety and risk assessment：improving decision making

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ball D. J (David John)
Group Author: Ball-King Laurence
Published: Earthscan,
Publisher Address: New York, N.Y.
Publication Dates: 2011.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Public safety > Great Britain
Risk assessment > Government policy > Great Britain
Decision Making > Great Britain
Carrier Form: xvi, 204 p.: ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9781849713801 (hardback)
1849713804 (hardback)
9781849713818 (pbk.)
1849713812 (pbk.)
Index Number: D756
CLC: D756.133.9
Call Number: D756.133.9/B187
Contents: 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 resume.

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