Risk assessment in the federal government Author various authors Date 1994 Source IUCN (ID: MON-054487) Publisher | Place of publication New York University Environmental Law Journal | New York, NY, USA Pages 591 p. Language English Country/Territory United States of America Subject Environment gen. Keyword Risk assessment/management Abstract Contents: 1. Beyond the vicious circle 2. Societal risk reduction: Promise and pitfalls 3. A second opinion on environmental misdiagnosis: The risky prescriptions 4. The risk not reduced 5. The risk of comparing risks 6. Equivalent frames of reference for judging risk regulation policies 7. An environmental justice critique of risk assessment 8. Standards and uncertainty in risk assessment 9. New Chapter 9: An analysis of the proposed sentencing guidelines for organizational environmental offenders and the historic evolution of a compliance nightmare