1. 'The Best Drivers in the World': Drink-Driving and Risk Assessment
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Lars Fynbo and Margaretha Järvinen
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Engineering ,Social Psychology ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Poison control ,Human factors and ergonomics ,Social value orientations ,Suicide prevention ,Pathology and Forensic Medicine ,Drunk drivers ,Negotiation ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Injury prevention ,Risk assessment ,business ,Law ,Social psychology ,media_common - Abstract
The paper analyses risk behaviour as described by a group of convicted drink-drivers. Risk assessment is seen as a part of a complicated process reflecting moral values in specific socio-cultural settings and within a specific framework of time. The respondents' retrospective accounts of their drink-driving are interpreted as part of moral identity negotiations, focusing on four dimensions: drink-driving as non-voluntary behaviour, drink-driving as strategic behaviour, drink-driving and control, and drink-driving and 'normalcy'. Central to these negotiations is the fact that many respondents come from social environments (be that friend groups or workmate groups) where drink-driving is common and that they therefore do not regard--or did not regard--drink-driving as deviant behaviour.
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- 2011
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