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Controlling the Alcohol-Impaired Driver in Scandinavia and the United States - Simple Deterrence and Beyond

NCJ Number
93986
Journal
Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 12 Issue: 2 Dated: (1984) Pages: 131-148
Author(s)
J R Snortum
Date Published
1984
Length
18 pages
Annotation
Three papers on simple deterrence of alcohol-impaired driving (Ross, 1982; Votey, 1984; and Phillips, Ray and Votey, 1984) were reviewed within a broad framework of control variables including legal, technical, psychological, moral, and cultural influences.
Abstract
In applying this framework to a comparison of Norway and Sweden versus the United States, it was apparent that Scandinavian drivers are subjected to a considerably greater range and intensity of control influences than American drivers. It was recommended that a causal analysis of simple deterrence should be supplemented by a contextual analysis of general prevention for a fuller appreciation of the complex, interactive network of influences upon alcohol-impaired driving. (Author abstract)