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social problems associated with alcohol and driving, separately and in combination. Then he considers American criminal law and legal procedure as it relates to drunk driving. Finally, he encourages the reader to give serious thought to how other elements of social control might work, such as mechanisms for deterrence, programs of education, attempts at rehabilitation, and so on. While the law discussed is clearly American, the problems raised should not be considered as uniquely American. Many elements of the book will strike a responsive chord in readers from other countries. In particular, the discussion of whether drunk driving is truly a "criminal" offense, the issues surrounding successful deterrent programs, and the means to separate either the drunk driver from a vehicle or to separate any driver from alcoholic beverages deserve consideration in many jurisdictions. The author concludes with a discussion of some paradoxes inherent in our treatment of the drunk driving problem: that the more we do, the more we recognize our lack of knowledge; the effects of our ambivalence towards alcohol and the motor vehicle; and the issues underlying effective social control. In short, this is a thoughtful essay--and a bargain at the price!
Methods for Assessing and Reducing Injury from Chemical Accidents. Philippe Bourdeau and Gareth Green, editors. John Wiley & Sons, New York, U.S.A., 1989. 320 pp. $109.00. ISBN 0471-92278-1. This book is the fortieth publication of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), one of the subcommittees established by the International Council on Scientific Unions. Specifically, this monograph is the result of a workshop held in New Delhi early in 1987, stimulated by the events at Bhopal in 1984. The work was carried out by the Scientific Group on Methodologies for the Safety Evaluation of Chemicals (SGOMSEC). The book is divided into two parts: the first is a formal joint report (86 pages) and the other is a series of 12 contributed papers prepared and distributed in advance for use as a basis for discussion. The papers and the joint report consider the circumstances contributing to the risk of chemical accidents and the containment of their effects, the specific concerns about human health problems and ecological damage that may result, and the issues relating to the advance planning necessary to respond appropriately when such accidents occur. This report does not claim to provide recipes for handling chemical disasters; its intended audience is those who make policies and plans in government and industry for an environment that is both safer and better able to respond to the threat of damage from such accidents.
Accident and Emergency Management. Louis Theodore, Joseph P. Reynolds, and Francis B. Taylor. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A., 1989. 487 pp. $65.00. ISBN 0-471-61911-6. Judging from the preface to this book, the authors have chosen to write for a very difficult audience. The book is intended for engineers at a wide variety of ages and stages, from the undergraduate student, for whom it might serve as an introduction to the field, to senior regulatory officials, who might undertake the subject in the form of continuing education and for whom it might later serve as a reference text. Given the heterogeneous readership, considerable variety in the levels of material included should be expected. The number of authors is another source of variation. The first seven chapters were written by "contributing authors" and the authors cited on the title page have written the final six. Their training and expertise in the field of industrial accidents,
Recent Publications 191 and much of the material covered in this book are limited to chemical accidents; nuclear accidents, transport accidents, and other examples of occupational or environmental hazard receive little attention. After three introductory chapters, there are three groups of chapters devoted to process and plant accidents, dispersion, and hazard and risk assessment respectively. The book is written in textbook format, with each chapter concluding with a summary listing the highlights of the chapter and a set of problems to be solved by readers. Although chemical and other kinds of accident occurring in other countries and at other times have been used as examples, much of the discussion, especially of legislation, regulation, and regulatory programs, is limited to the United States.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, October 2-4, 1989. Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Des Plaines, IL, 1989. 429 pp.
Alcohol and Other Drugs: The potentiating effects of alcohol on injury: a clinical study. (P. F. Waller, A. R. Hansen et al., 1-16); Alcohol use among victims of vehicular crashes admitted to a Level I Trauma Center (P. C. Dischinger and R. A. Cowley, 17-28); Drinking and driving by young females (C. L. Popkin, 29-40). Pediatric Trauma: Motor vehicle deaths in children: geographic variations (S. Baker, A. Waller and J. Langlois, 41-55); Limitations of data compiled from police reports on pediatric pedestrian and bicycle motor vehicle events (P. F. Agran, D. N. Castilio, and D. G. Winn, 57-71). Environmental Issues: 65 MPH: Does it save time? (T. R. Miller, 73-90). Trucks: Large truck safety: an analysis of North Carolina accident data (E M. Council and W. L. Hall, 91-109); Fatal accident involvement rates by driver age for large trucks (K. L. Campbell, 111-122); The prevalence of hours of service violations among tractortrailer drivers (R. P. Hertz, 123-136). Crash Characteristics of Middle-aged and Elderly Drivers: Older driver population and crash involvement trends, 1974-1986 (J. C. Stutts, P. E Waller and C. Martell, 137152); Differences in accident characteristics among elderly drivers and between elderly and middle-aged drivers (P. J. Cooper, 153-167). lnjury Severity and Disability Assessment, Scoring and Societal Costs: Injury scaling at autopsy: the comparison with premortem clinical data (S. J. Streat and I. D. Civil, 169181): Inter-rater reliability of the Injury Severity Score and Abbreviated Injury Score (J. J. Tepas, C. B. Crooms et al., 183-190); DRG length of stay outliers: MVC vs. penetrating injuries (C. G. Cayten, W. H. Stahi et ai., 191-203); Progress in characterizing anatomic injury (W. S. Copes, W. J. Sacco, 205-218); A system for measuring the severity of temporary and permanent disability after injury (D. W. Yates, D. E Heath et al., 219-230); Development of a new injury cost scale (F. Zeidler, B. Pietschen et al., 231-247). Occupant Crash Protection: Rearward facing child seatsmthe safest car restraint for children? (G. Carlsson, H. Norin, and L, Ysander, 249-263); A time comparison study of the New York State safety belt use law utilizing hospital admission and police accident report information (J. D. States, R. P. Annechiarico et al., 265-281); Change in injuries
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social problems associated with alcohol and driving, separately and in combination. Then he considers American criminal law and legal procedure as it relates to drunk driving. Finally, he encourages the reader to give serious thought to how other elements of social control might work, such as mechanisms for deterrence, programs of education, attempts at rehabilitation, and so on. While the law discussed is clearly American, the problems raised should not be considered as uniquely American. Many elements of the book will strike a responsive chord in readers from other countries. In particular, the discussion of whether drunk driving is truly a "criminal" offense, the issues surrounding successful deterrent programs, and the means to separate either the drunk driver from a vehicle or to separate any driver from alcoholic beverages deserve consideration in many jurisdictions. The author concludes with a discussion of some paradoxes inherent in our treatment of the drunk driving problem: that the more we do, the more we recognize our lack of knowledge; the effects of our ambivalence towards alcohol and the motor vehicle; and the issues underlying effective social control. In short, this is a thoughtful essay--and a bargain at the price!
Methods for Assessing and Reducing Injury from Chemical Accidents. Philippe Bourdeau and Gareth Green, editors. John Wiley & Sons, New York, U.S.A., 1989. 320 pp. $109.00. ISBN 0471-92278-1. This book is the fortieth publication of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), one of the subcommittees established by the International Council on Scientific Unions. Specifically, this monograph is the result of a workshop held in New Delhi early in 1987, stimulated by the events at Bhopal in 1984. The work was carried out by the Scientific Group on Methodologies for the Safety Evaluation of Chemicals (SGOMSEC). The book is divided into two parts: the first is a formal joint report (86 pages) and the other is a series of 12 contributed papers prepared and distributed in advance for use as a basis for discussion. The papers and the joint report consider the circumstances contributing to the risk of chemical accidents and the containment of their effects, the specific concerns about human health problems and ecological damage that may result, and the issues relating to the advance planning necessary to respond appropriately when such accidents occur. This report does not claim to provide recipes for handling chemical disasters; its intended audience is those who make policies and plans in government and industry for an environment that is both safer and better able to respond to the threat of damage from such accidents.
Accident and Emergency Management. Louis Theodore, Joseph P. Reynolds, and Francis B. Taylor. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A., 1989. 487 pp. $65.00. ISBN 0-471-61911-6. Judging from the preface to this book, the authors have chosen to write for a very difficult audience. The book is intended for engineers at a wide variety of ages and stages, from the undergraduate student, for whom it might serve as an introduction to the field, to senior regulatory officials, who might undertake the subject in the form of continuing education and for whom it might later serve as a reference text. Given the heterogeneous readership, considerable variety in the levels of material included should be expected. The number of authors is another source of variation. The first seven chapters were written by "contributing authors" and the authors cited on the title page have written the final six. Their training and expertise in the field of industrial accidents,
Recent Publications 191 and much of the material covered in this book are limited to chemical accidents; nuclear accidents, transport accidents, and other examples of occupational or environmental hazard receive little attention. After three introductory chapters, there are three groups of chapters devoted to process and plant accidents, dispersion, and hazard and risk assessment respectively. The book is written in textbook format, with each chapter concluding with a summary listing the highlights of the chapter and a set of problems to be solved by readers. Although chemical and other kinds of accident occurring in other countries and at other times have been used as examples, much of the discussion, especially of legislation, regulation, and regulatory programs, is limited to the United States.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, October 2-4, 1989. Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Des Plaines, IL, 1989. 429 pp.
Alcohol and Other Drugs: The potentiating effects of alcohol on injury: a clinical study. (P. F. Waller, A. R. Hansen et al., 1-16); Alcohol use among victims of vehicular crashes admitted to a Level I Trauma Center (P. C. Dischinger and R. A. Cowley, 17-28); Drinking and driving by young females (C. L. Popkin, 29-40). Pediatric Trauma: Motor vehicle deaths in children: geographic variations (S. Baker, A. Waller and J. Langlois, 41-55); Limitations of data compiled from police reports on pediatric pedestrian and bicycle motor vehicle events (P. F. Agran, D. N. Castilio, and D. G. Winn, 57-71). Environmental Issues: 65 MPH: Does it save time? (T. R. Miller, 73-90). Trucks: Large truck safety: an analysis of North Carolina accident data (E M. Council and W. L. Hall, 91-109); Fatal accident involvement rates by driver age for large trucks (K. L. Campbell, 111-122); The prevalence of hours of service violations among tractortrailer drivers (R. P. Hertz, 123-136). Crash Characteristics of Middle-aged and Elderly Drivers: Older driver population and crash involvement trends, 1974-1986 (J. C. Stutts, P. E Waller and C. Martell, 137152); Differences in accident characteristics among elderly drivers and between elderly and middle-aged drivers (P. J. Cooper, 153-167). lnjury Severity and Disability Assessment, Scoring and Societal Costs: Injury scaling at autopsy: the comparison with premortem clinical data (S. J. Streat and I. D. Civil, 169181): Inter-rater reliability of the Injury Severity Score and Abbreviated Injury Score (J. J. Tepas, C. B. Crooms et al., 183-190); DRG length of stay outliers: MVC vs. penetrating injuries (C. G. Cayten, W. H. Stahi et ai., 191-203); Progress in characterizing anatomic injury (W. S. Copes, W. J. Sacco, 205-218); A system for measuring the severity of temporary and permanent disability after injury (D. W. Yates, D. E Heath et al., 219-230); Development of a new injury cost scale (F. Zeidler, B. Pietschen et al., 231-247). Occupant Crash Protection: Rearward facing child seatsmthe safest car restraint for children? (G. Carlsson, H. Norin, and L, Ysander, 249-263); A time comparison study of the New York State safety belt use law utilizing hospital admission and police accident report information (J. D. States, R. P. Annechiarico et al., 265-281); Change in injuries