'Just culture:' Improving safety by achieving substantive, procedural and restorative justice

Safety Science

Volumn 85, Issue , 2016, Pages 187-193

  Dekker, Sidney W A ^a   Breakey, Hugh ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accountability; Human error; Just culture; Restorative justice; Violations

Indexed keywords

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SAFETY TESTING;

ACCOUNTABILITY; HUMAN ERRORS; JUST CULTURE; RESTORATIVE JUSTICE; VIOLATIONS;

RESTORATION;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN RIGHTS; MORALITY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURAL JUSTICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESTORATIVE JUSTICE; SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANTIVE JUSTICE; VICTIM;

EID: 84957588066     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2016.01.018     Document Type: Article

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