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Specific Deterrence and Sentence Length: The Case of Drunk Drivers
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The authors have assessed the effect of longer prison sentences by conducting aggregate-level studies of general deterrence, but relatively little attention has been paid to the specific deterministic effects of longer sentences.Abstract:
Researchers have assessed the effect of longer prison sentences by conducting aggregate-level studies of general deterrence. However, relatively little attention has been paid to the specific deter...read more
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Effectiveness of interventions for convicted DUI offenders in reducing recidivism: a systematic review of the peer-reviewed scientific literature
TL;DR: There was some evidence to support the effectiveness of programs that utilize intensive supervision and education in DUI prevention programs, but there is a need for future evaluations to adopt more scientifically rigorous research designs to establish the effects of these programs.
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What works (or doesn't) in a DUI court? An example of expedited case processing
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Influencing recidivist drink drivers' entrenched behaviours : the self-reported outcomes of three countermeasures
TL;DR: The authors in this paper investigated the impact of legal sanctions, a drink driving rehabilitation program, and alcohol ignition interlocks on key outcome measures for a group of recidivist drink drivers.
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Specific Deterrence, Community Context, and Drunk Driving An Event History Analysis
Chang-Bae Lee,Raymond H.C. Teske +1 more
TL;DR: Results of a series of event history analyses tracking probationers for a period of 8 years indicated that severity of punishment, swiftness of punishment), criminal history, and completion of DWI education programs significantly affected the probationer’s survival time, whereas no significant influence of community contexts on survival time or success was observed.
Review of the Under the Limit drink driving rehabilitation program
TL;DR: The legal definition of the term “recidivist” is consistent with the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act (1995) and is assigned to individuals who have been charged with multiple drink driving offences in the previous five years.
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The deterrent effect of the perceived certainty and severity of punishment: A review of the evidence and issues
TL;DR: In this article, the role of perceived certainty and severity of punishment in deterring criminal/deviant behavior was examined, and a thorough review of the perceptual deterrence literature from 1972-1986 was provided, which indicates that cross-sectional correlations between perceptions of sanction threats and self-reported criminal/evictive behavior are moderately negative for diverse offenses, consistent with the deterrence doctrine.
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Perceptual research on general deterrence: A critical review.
Kirk R. Williams,Richard Hawkins +1 more
TL;DR: This paper reviewed perceptual studies of general deterrence with a view toward expanding the scope of deterrence theory and stimulating research in new directions, and made suggestions about the kinds of data and analyses needed to test such theory more adequately.
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Drinking behavior, personality factors and high-risk driving. a review and theoretical formulation
TL;DR: In this article, five broad categories of psychosocial variables contributing to the risk of traffic accidents are reviewed: demographic characteristics, excessive alcohol use, personality traits, acute states of emotional distress and driving-related attitudes.
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Race and imprisonment decisions
TL;DR: The authors argue that prior research on the issue either uses crude measures of off-line race differences or uses off-the-shelf measures of race differences in judicial sentencing, and they argue that such measures either use crude measures or do not consider race differences at all.
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Sentencing disparity and departures from guidelines
TL;DR: The authors examine five years of recent sentencing data from Pennsylvania, focusing on the degree to which sentences that depart from the state's guideline recommendations involve extralegal differences, and find that legally prescribed factors such as offense type/severity and criminal history are the primary predictors of departure decisions.
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