Suchergebnisse

Handbook of research on safety and security issues in technical infrastructures / David Rehak, VSB, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic / Ales Bernatik, VSB, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, Zdenek Dvorak, University of Zilina, Slovakia / Martin Hromada, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic -- Industrial occupational safety : Industry 4.0 upcoming challenges / Susana da Costa, University of Minho, Portugal, Nélson Costa, University of Minho, Portugal -- Explosion process safety / Dieter Gabel, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Germany.

The usefulness of crime statistics in assessing US public safety &/or victimization is evaluated. Factors affecting the "violence" or "seriousness" of crimes against persons or property are discussed, eg, actual vs attempted crimes & their outcomes, victims' direct financial loss, loss of work time, medical expenses, psychic harm, & perceptions of risk. The absence of cost-outcome heterogeneity from national crime statistics is noted, as is the lack of local specificity & the emphasis of certain crimes as violent (eg, robbery & murder) over others, eg, arson or consumer fraud, which are potentially more costly to communal public safety. Modified HA.