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Radio 4,4 mins

Why do people take the risk of skydiving?

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James Hardie-Bick, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at the University of Sussex, discusses the motivations, behaviours and experiences of those who voluntarily engage in high-risk activities. Laurie Taylor presents. First broadcast on Thinking Allowed, 16 March 2017.

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