NCJ Number
141557
Journal
Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education Volume: 38 Issue: 2 Dated: (Winter 1993) Pages: 33-40
Date Published
1993
Length
8 pages
Annotation
Researchers presented data in a time-series design, interpreted them graphically, and analyzed inferential statistics to determine whether Sunday liquor sales restrictions affected the incidence of arrests for DUI in Atlanta, Georgia. The data used covered the period between March 1986 and February 1988.
Abstract
The aggregated daily frequency of DUI arrests for the reporting period was tabulated and an overall chi-square analysis performed on the data; to examine daily differences, multiple chi-square analyses were calculated and corrected for the number of tests performed. The results clearly showed that the frequency of DUI arrests made on Sundays was significantly lower than for every other day of the week except Monday. Further research would be needed to document the equivalence of police staffing patterns for each day of the week and to track the daily incidence of DUI arrests in a parallel community which did not have comparable liquor control laws. 2 tables, 1 figure, and 14 references