
HAZARD EXPERIENCE AND RISK PERCEPTION
AMONG SPECIAL CONSTABLES
James I. Morgan
Psychology Research Group, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Despite injury rates that are more than double that of other industries,
to date, no research has examined risk perception in Police Service
personnel. Equivocal findings across other high-risk industries sug-
gest that, for frontline workers, risk perception is not homogenous.
Risk appraisals of those closest to hazards are dependent on domain-
or role-specific cognitive, social, and cultural factors. In turn, these
are shaped by situational features specific to a particular work envi-
ronment.The present studyexamined ...