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    Accident Causation Model

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    1. PROJECT. To Design an Accident Causation Model 2. SCOPE. The Accident Causation Model (or "Swiss Cheese Model") is a theoretical model that illustrates how accidents occur in organisations. The model focuses on both organisational hierarchy and human error. It postulates that the typical accident occurs because several (human) errors have occurred at all levels in the organisational hierarchy in a way that made such accident unavoidable. For example‚ decision makers may have made ill decisions

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    1. Causation General Test Barnett v Chelsea Hospital [1969] 1 QB 428: P drank some tea which had been laced with arsenic and he presented himself at D’s hospital since he was vomiting. D told him to leave and call his own doctor. P died‚ but it was unclear that even if he had been admitted to the hospital he would have survived. P’s widow sued for negligence. The court held that there was proximity since P had presented himself at D’s hospital‚ and that D was negligent in not treating him.

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    Loss Causation Model

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    "Loss Causation Model" History‚ Theory & Application "Loss Causation Model" History‚ Theory & Application Before a loss occurs (Injury‚ illness‚ damage‚ loss in process)‚ there are series of events that take place with a root cause that begins this series of events. The root cause is called a Lack of Control (Inadequate standards‚ lack of compliance for preparedness‚ knowledge and skill training‚ etc). This leads to a basic cause (or personal factor) such as lack of knowledge‚ stress‚ inadequate

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    Association and Causation Statistics is the science pertaining to the collection and analysis of data. It is the refinement of the ambiguous‚ the distilling of truth from the crudest of resources. For this reason‚ it is necessary to discern the simplest path from Point A to Point B‚ disregarding any unnecessary data that may lie in the path. This‚ however‚ is easier in theory than in practice‚ and statisticians have developed various techniques to help differentiate between causation‚ a variable directly

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    Loss Causation Model

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    Models of Causation: Safety OHS Body of Knowledge Models of Causation: Safety April‚ 2012 Copyright notice and licence terms First published in 2012 by the Safety Institute of Australia Ltd‚ Tullamarine‚ Victoria‚ Australia. Bibliography. ISBN 978-0-9808743-1-0 This work is copyright and has been published by the Safety Institute of Australia Ltd (SIA) under the auspices of HaSPA (Health and Safety Professionals Alliance). Except as may be expressly provided by law and subject

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    Fundamental Causation

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    Modern Epidemiology focuses on proximate risk factors that can be controlled at the individual level‚ but tends to ignore the social conditions that are largely responsible for diseases. This has led to incomplete understanding and underestimation of the influence of social determinants on health. According to Link and Phelan (1995) the social determinants are the ’Fundamental causes’ of diseases. The social factors that are linked to illness include race‚ socioeconomic status‚ gender and stress

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    Strain Theory in Relation to Crime Strain causes people to act against the law‚ breaking laws to attain their means. Merton’s theory on strain and anomie provides us with reasons for why the offender committed the crime break and enter. Merton’s strain theory shows us that the offender understood the norms of society but could not attain the means of it‚ he needed money go back to his girlfriend who was out west. Merton’s theory states that an individual who is lacking in social forms is more

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    SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION THEORIES OF CRIME "How did East New York become a Ghetto" (Walter Thabit)     Social disorganization is a rather difficult term to define.  It basically refers to the failure of social institutions or social organizations (e.g.‚ schools‚ business‚ policing‚ real estate‚ group networking) in certain communities and/or neighborhoods (although nothing prohibits such theories from being couched at the "macro" level to talk about all of society).  It has its origins in the study

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    Rational choice is known as a choice theory or rational action for understanding and formally modeling social and economic behavior. When People commit a certain crime they balance of how much they will gain and how much will be loss in terms of getting caught and being punished. Derek Cornish and Ronald Clarke are two scholars that purposed rational choice theory; this theory leads to a preference to control crime through more informal situational prevention. Cornish and Clarke believed that people

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    The Psychological Theories of Crime Researchers in many disciplines have tried to understand why crime takes place and they have develop several theories for explaining crime. (Barkan and Bryjak‚ pg. 41) There are three different theories that explain the reasons of crime. Rational choice‚ deterrence and routine activities theory‚ biological and psychological theories and sociological theories. My focus on this paper are the different psychological theories for explaining crime Psychology is the

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