Making sense of invulnerability at work - A qualitative study of police drivers

Safety Science

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 837-859

  Dorn, Lisa ^a   Brown, Brian ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Driving behaviour; Hazard perception; Police; Risk

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; RISKS;

POLICE DRIVERS;

LAW ENFORCEMENT;

ARTICLE; DRIVER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAINING; WORK;

EID: 0141831952     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(02)00036-X     Document Type: Article

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