Risk

by John Adams

Book Overview

Risk compensation postulates that everyone has a "risk thermostat" and that safety measures that do not affect the setting of the thermostat will be circumvented by behaviour that re-establishes the level of risk with which people were originally comfortable. It explains why, for example, motorists drive faster after a bend in the road is straightened. Cultural theory explains risk-taking behaviour by the operation of cultural filters. It postulates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857280687
• ISBN13: 9781857280685
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"