Risk, Challenge, & Safety
in Outdoor & Adventure Education & Recreation
Articles & References (alphabetical by author)
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Safety & Risk Management Articles Published in the Journal of Experiential Education since 1976
Brown, T. (1996). Adventure risk management research - Review and action. Proceedings of the National Conference: Risk Management in the Outdoors, May, Launceston, Australia.
Conner, M. (2002). Excited delirium, restraint asphyxia, positional asphyxia and 'In-Custody Death" syndromes: Controversial theories that may explain why some children in treatment programs die when restrained. http://www.educationoptions.org/programs/articles/SuddenDeath.htm
Curtis, R. (2001a). Guide to backcountry emergency procedures. OutdoorEd.com: http://www.outdoored.com/articles/Article.aspx?ArticleID=124
Curtis, R. (2001b). Guide to developing a safety management program for an outdoor Organization.
OutdoorEd.com: http://www.outdoored.com/Articles/Article.aspx?ArticleID=129.
Curtis, R. (2001c). Outdoor safety management.
OutdoorEd.com: http://www.outdoored.com/Articles/Article.aspx?ArticleID=121.
Curtis, R. (2002a). Assessing physical fitness of participants and staff using non-exercise screening techniques.
OutdoorEd.com: http://www.outdoored.com/articles/Article.aspx?ArticleID=144.
Curtis, R. (2002b). Building a risk management machine: The Safecon system. OutdoorEd.com: http://www.outdoored.com/articles/Article.aspx?ArticleID=151
Curtis, R., & Cline, P. (2001). Risk management for organizations: Keeping the ship afloat. OutdoorEd.com: http://www.outdoored.com/Articles/Article.aspx?ArticleID=136.
Dougherty, N. J. (1998). Outdoor recreation safety. Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL.
Garvey, D. (1998). Risk management: An international perspective. Journal of Experiential Education, 21(2).
Hansen-Stamp, C. (1997). Risk management: A difference perspective. The Outdoor Network, 8(3). http://www.adventuresafety.org/media/pub_articles/risk_mgt_perspective.htm
Hogan, R. (2002). The crux of risk management in outdoor programs - Minimising the risk of death and disabling injury. Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 6(2), 71-79.
Hovelynck J. (1998). Learning from accident analysis: The dynamics leading up to a rafting accident. Journal of Experiential Education, 21(2), 86-95. http://www.psy.kuleuven.ac.be/copp/-hov1998aeeb.pdf
Jack, M. (1995) Strategies for risk management in outdoor and experiential learning. Lindfield, NSW, Australia.
James. T. (1980). The paradox of safety and risk. Journal of Experiential Education, 3(2).
Johnson, J. A. (2001). Issues in insurance and risk management: How and why the insurance marketplace will change after the events of September 11 and what business owners can do to deal with increasing insurance premiums.
http://vu.iiaa.net/Docs/PDF/InsuranceIssues2001.pdf
Knight, S. (2000). The safe outdoors. Generation - Youth Issues, 29 December. http://www.generationyouthissues.fsnet.co.uk/education/the%20safe%20outdoors.htm
McDonald, P. (1997). Ease of long practice [risk management]. Horizons, 14(3).
McAvoy, L. H. (1999). Rescue-free wilderness areas. In, Miles, J. & Priest, S. (Eds.). Adventure Education (pp. 325-330). State College, PA: Venture Publishing.
Merrill, K., & Wright, K. (2002). Conducting internal incident reviews A process for developing wilderness incident case studies.
OutdoorEd.com: http://www.outdoored.com/articles/Article.asp?ArticleID=139.
Neill, J. T. (2002). Is Outward Bound becoming too safe?
Outward Bound International Newsletter, July.
Richards, G. E. (1978). Challenge versus safety. Paper presented to the 1st National Outdoor Education Conference, 4-18 May, Noojee Outdoor Education Centre of Melbourne State College, 1, Australia. (.1 MB)
Sharp, B. (2000). Research into mountain accidents.
Mountaineering Council of Scotland. http://www.mountaineering-scotland.org.uk/safety/bobsharp.html
Watters, R. (1983). Should outdoor leaders be certified?
Association of College Unions-International Bulletin, June, 1983, pp. 4-7. http://www.isu.edu/outdoor/leaders.htm
Watters, R. (1986). Minimizing the liability exposure of outdoor recreation programs.
In Outdoor Program Handbook, Ron Watters, Idaho State University Press, Pocatello, 1986, pp. 83-96.
http://www.isu.edu/outdoor/liablty.htm
Watters, R. (1996). Whitewater river accident analysis. In Proceedings of 1995 International Conference on Outdoor Recreation and Education, Rena Koesler and Ron Watters (eds.), Idaho State University Press, Pocatello, ID. http://www.isu.edu/outdoor/riverpap.htm
Watters, R. (1998). Essay: The wrong side of the edge.
University of Idaho, Pocatello, ID.
http://www.isu.edu/outdoor/thinedge.htm
Watters, R. (2001). An essay: The culture of safety.
University of Idaho, Pocatello, ID. http://www.isu.edu/outdoor/therules.htm
Wright, K., & Merrill, K. (2002). The wilderness incident investigative interview: Mitigating memory challenges utilizing the Enhanced Cognitive Interview (ECI) technique. OutdoorEd.com: http://www.outdoored.com/articles/Article.asp?ArticleID=141.
Articles on Risk, With Abstracts in the Adventure Research Cache
Risk Book Details (American Alpine Club Library)
Beyond risk : conversations with climbers / Nicholas O'Connell. (1993)
Calculated risk : a novel / by Dougal Haston ; foreward by Doug Scott. (1980)
Douglas Haston : the philosophy of risk / Jeff Connor. (2002)
Legal liability and risk management in adventure tourism / Ross Cloutier ; with Daniel Garvey ... [et al.]. (2000)
Lessons from the edge : extreme athletes show you how to take on high risk and succeed / Maryann Karinch ; photographs by David Brooks. (2000)
Risk! : an exploration into the lives of athletes on the edge / Steve Boga. (1988)
Women who risk : profiles of women in extreme sports / Marilyn Olsen. (2001)
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